Portrait of a family (children with paintings of parents)
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (tray only): 3 11/16 × 4 11/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 11.91 × 0.95 cm)
Case (tray only): 3 11/16 × 4 11/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 11.91 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.447
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper tape, adhered to plate verso, in pencil: "40 PLATE MAKER'S MARK UPPER RIGHT CORNER / COVER GLASS REPLACED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 7-24-2001 GSW @ KANSAS CITY MO"
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DescriptionImage of a group of children (2 boys, 2 girls) seated in front of two portraits (1 man, 1 woman). The girls are wearing buttoned sweaters over their dresses and dark fingerless gloves. This partially cased quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of brown leather tray with decorative motif.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
In this image, four children pose with the painted likenesses of their absent parents. The result is a touching, bittersweet family portrait that serves as a reflection on mortality.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1995;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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Jeanette Vogt Bernard
1907
2019.56.5
