Portrait of George Foster, employee of Vance's Studio in San Francisco
Artist
Vance Studio
(American, active 1850 - 1876)
Dateca. 1860
MediumTintype
DimensionsPlate (ninth): 2 1/2 × 2 inches (6.35 × 5.08 cm)
Case (open): 2 7/8 × 4 7/8 × 1/4 inches (7.29 × 12.37 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 5/8 inches (7.29 × 6.05 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 2 7/8 × 4 7/8 × 1/4 inches (7.29 × 12.37 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 5/8 inches (7.29 × 6.05 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.97
Signednone
InscribedOn brass mat, bottom, stamped: "THE UNION NOW AND FOREVER."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of man wearing a collared shirt with striped tie, vest, and dark jacket. A chain hangs from this vest button and his cheeks are colored a rosy hue. This ninth plate cased tintype is housed in a stamped brass mat with flags inside of a floral embossed paper covered wooden case with a red embossed 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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Vance Studio
ca. 1860-1862
2020.7.99
Vance Studio
ca. 1856
2020.7.100
