Portrait of two women

Artist Southworth & Hawes (American, active 1843-1861; Albert Sands Southworth, 1811-1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1808-1901)

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 18.42 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.21 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.44.17

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn seal on plate verso, bottom, in pencil: "Resealed 2016 / Borosilicate Glass / Mylar + Filmoplast P"

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DescriptionPortrait of two women standing towards one another and looking out at the viewer. They are similarly dressed in dark long-sleeved dresses with white lace collars and full skirts. Their hair, parted in the middle and pinned up in the back, extends over their ears in thick rolls. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of an unadorned leather case with a detached lid and a burgundy velvet liner.Provenance

Provenance

With the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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