Barn Raising
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 11/16 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.61 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 9 11/16 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.61 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.102
Signednone
InscribedInside back tray, behind plate, on paper note, in blue pen: "Newton Mass. / Knowton Family / 617 699 2670"
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: "NB40 / PLATE MFG'S MARK UPPER R. CORNER / (RINHART 19) / REGLAZED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE. 12-12-05 / GSW"
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L10
Collections
Terms
Rural subjects, as pictured in this daguerreotype, were often recorded by itinerant photographers who traveled with equipment in tow as they moved from place to place. The practice was relatively common by the 1840s and benefited photographers who were still honing their craft or could not afford a permanent studio or gallery. Scenes like this serve as valuable documents of rural American life in the mid-1800s and were sources of pride for the owners of these modest homesteads.
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