Portrait of group with dog

Artist Montgomery P. Simons (American, 1817 - 1877)

Date1853-1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 7/16 × 4 1/8 inches (13.77 × 10.49 cm)
Framed: 9 5/16 × 8 × 1 1/2 inches (23.65 × 20.32 × 3.81 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.153

SignedOn mat recto, bottom, embossed: "M.P. SIMONS"

Inscribednone

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DescriptionImage of two mustachioed gentlemen and a boy posed full length with a dog across their lap. All three are formally dressed with bow ties and their cheeks are colored a rosy hue. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a period frame not original to the image.Provenance

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

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