The Raymond Triplets

Artist John Plumbe (American, born Wales, 1809 - 1857)

Dateca. 1845-1848

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 inches (15.24 × 24.13 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.8

SignedStamped on mat recto, bottom center: "PLUMBE"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seals, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFG'S MARKS / 434-1-96 / REGLAZED, SPACER BETWEEN PLATE & MAT SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE, 3-24-2005"

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DescriptionImage of three men; one standing between the other two with his arms on their shoulders. The man in the center looks directly at the viewer while the other two look off to the sides. They are all dressed in dark suits with vests, jackets, and bow ties. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of an embossed paper covered wooden case and a floral embossed red velvet liner.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1996;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc., to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Published References

Aaron Schuyler, History and Sketches of the Raymond Family and Biographies of the Buckeye Triplets (1907): n.p.; and Elizabeth Raymond, "The Diary of the Raymond Sisters," The Crooked Lake Review 103 (Spring 1997): n.p.

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