Portrait of a man
Artist
Rensselaer E. Churchill
(American, 1820 - 1892)
Dateca. 1850-1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 11/16 × 7 3/8 × 1/2 inches (11.91 × 18.75 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 11/16 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.91 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 4 11/16 × 7 3/8 × 1/2 inches (11.91 × 18.75 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 11/16 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.91 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Keith F. Davis
Object number2017.27.1
SignedSigned on plate recto, lower right, etched in plate: "Churchill"
Inscribednone
MarkingsLabel attached to plate verso, top, white with black type and pencil: "NEW GLASS __RINSED__ / SEALED [check mark] CLEANED __ / DATE __ 5-2000 / PLATE __ JP40"
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DescriptionPortrait of an older man with rosy cheeks seated in an upholstered carved wood accent chair. He is wearing a suit with bow tie and holding a pair of spectacles in his right hand. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside brown leather case with floral motif and red velvet liner.ProvenanceKeith F. Davis, Sheridan, WY;
his gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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