Portrait of Senator Samuel Clarke Pomeroy of Kansas
Artist
John Adams Whipple
(American, 1822 - 1891)
Dateca. 1852-1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.103
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man standing with one hand resting on a small round cloth covered table. He's wearing a suit with bow tie and holds a rolled up piece of paper in his other hand. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a paper-covered wooden case with an embossed floral motif and an embossed red velvet liner.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
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