Portrait of butcher and son with sheep

Dateca. 1860

MediumAmbrotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 1/4 inches (11.76 × 18.75 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 1/2 inches (11.76 × 9.22 × 1.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2019.22.37

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DescriptionImage of a young boy standing next to a man who is kneeling down behind a sheep. The mustachioed man is wearing a wide brimmed hat, vest and tie and holding a knife towards the head of the sheep. The young boy is wearing a cap and holding a saw in one hand; his other hand is resting on the man's shoulder. This quarter plate cased ambrotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a leather-covered case with embossed floral motif, gold tooling in interior, and embossed red velvet liner.Provenance

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Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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