Portrait of David T. Bagley, San Francisco, California
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 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 number2017.68.276
Signednone
InscribedInscribed on paper recto included behind plate, in period hand, in black pen: "Uncle David Bagley."; Inscribed on paper verso included behind plate, in period hand, in pencil: "Lawyer in San Francisco, / Cali / Mamas brother -"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionPortrait of a bearded man wearing a suit jacket with vest and high collared shirt. He sits with his left hand resting on his lap while his right hand grips the handle of a cane. His cheeks are colored a rosey hue. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a hand-painted gold and black paper mat inside of a decorative paper or leather covered wooden case with a pink silk liner.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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