Self-portrait with brother, Frank Whipple, in double profile
Artist
John Adams Whipple
(American, 1822 - 1891)
Dateca. 1847
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 (9.21 × 16.19 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 16.19 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.17
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of two male faces in profile; both wearing jacket and tie with collared shirt. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a brown case with a dark velvet liner.Exhibition HistoryDeveloping Greatness: The Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – December 30, 2007, no. 25.
Rotation 15. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 19, 2013 – January 5, 2014, no cat.
Rotation 20. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 18, 2015 – February 28, 2016, no cat.
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John Adams Whipple
1849
2005.27.597
