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recto overall
Portrait of young girl
recto overall
recto overall

Portrait of young girl

Artist Southworth & Hawes (American, active 1843-1861; Albert Sands Southworth, 1811-1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1808-1901)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.18
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn plate verso, top, in black: "Daguerreotype by / Southworth + Hawes / Boston"; On seal on plate verso, top, in pencil: "Resealed 2016 / Borosilicate Glass - Mylar backing Filmoplast P"; On frame backing board, top, in black pen: "This daguerreotype of / a young girl with hands on / chair back belongs to Michael Isenburg / and is not part of the Matt Isenburg / collection. / Matthew R Isenburg"
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DescriptionPortrait of young girl seated in profile with her hands resting on the back of a wooden slat chair. She wears an off-the-shoulder dress, a necklace, and a ring on each hand.Exhibition History

American Daguerreotypes: From the Matthew R. Isenburg Collection. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, November 10, 1989 – January 3, 1990, cat.

Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype. Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C., 17 June 30 – October 29, 1995, cat. 45.

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

John Wood. The Daguerreotype: A Sesquicentennial Celebration. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1989, 145 (repro.)

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