Portrait of a man

Artist George H. Johnson (American, 1823 - ca. 1880s)

Dateca. 1849-1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/4 inches (11.76 × 19.05 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.76 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2018.49.3

SignedOn velvet liner, center, embossed: "GEO H. JOHNSON / ARTIST / SACRAMENTO"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern seal, in pencil: "No Hallmark / medium plate / 4 corners clipped / 4 sides bent back / re-silvered [?] / Retaped 11-11-07 / CW Exeter, NH"

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DescriptionPortrait of a man with rosy cheeks standing with his right hand on his hip and his left arm resting on a column just below a curtain. He's wearing a suit with a tie and vest and his hair covers his ears. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in brass mat inside of a brown leather-covered case with detached lid and embossed red velvet liner.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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