Ellen Harris Young in Riding Clothes, with Rifle
Artist
John Adams Whipple
(American, 1822 - 1891)
Dateca. 1849
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 5/8 × 5/16 inches (15.24 × 24.45 × 0.79 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 5/8 × 5/16 inches (15.24 × 24.45 × 0.79 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.18
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DescriptionImage of a woman (Ellen Harris Young) standing in profile as she points a rifle. She's wearing a dress with a full skirt and a hat with a flower tucked into the brim. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown case.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. 18.
Rotation 19. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 9 - September 27, 2015, no cat.
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John Adams Whipple
1849
2005.27.597
