Portrait of John Carrow

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

Dateca. 1846

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (Quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (11.76 × 19.05 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.76 × 9.53 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2018.49.9

SignedEmbossed on mat recto, lower corners: "M.P. SIMONS PHILADA"

InscribedOn paper note, housed behind plate, in black pen: "Grandfather / John Carrow / My maternal great / great grandfather / JMH sr"

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: "Philad. plate maker's [?] / heavy plate - no Hallmark / Retaped 5.22.18 / CAW Exeter, NH"

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DescriptionPortrait of a man wearing a fine suit with jacket, vest, and tie seated with his right arm resting on a small table covered with a floral cloth. He is well-groomed; he has a neck beard and his hair is parted on the side and covers the tops of his ears. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a leather-covered case with a red silk liner. There is a floral motif on the brown case.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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