Portrait of Captain Edgar Wakeman
Exhibition TitlePortrait of Edgar Wakeman, sea captain who brought passengers to California from eastern United States
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Case (open): 9 × 14 × 5/8 inches (22.86 × 35.56 × 1.6 cm)
Case (closed): 9 × 7 × 1 7/8 inches (22.86 × 17.78 × 4.75 cm)
Case (open): 9 × 14 × 5/8 inches (22.86 × 35.56 × 1.6 cm)
Case (closed): 9 × 7 × 1 7/8 inches (22.86 × 17.78 × 4.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.24.29
Signednone
InscribedWhite label adhered to mat recto, lower left, in black pen: “Capt. E. Wakeman”
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: “Retaped 1-6-17 CAW Exeter, NH / Label original – Capt. E. Wakeman / No Hallmark medium plate”
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of a seated man with a neck beard wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie. This whole plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass oval mat inside of a brown leather covered case with a pink silk liner.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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