Two Men
Artist
James P. Ball
(American, 1825 - 1904)
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 6 1/4 × 10 3/8 × 3/8 inches (15.88 × 26.35 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 3/4 inches (15.88 × 13.34 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 6 1/4 × 10 3/8 × 3/8 inches (15.88 × 26.35 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 3/4 inches (15.88 × 13.34 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.31
SignedOn mat recto, lower left, stamped: "J.P. BALL";
On mat recto, lower right, stamped: "CINCINNATI"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of two young men wearing suits with satin ties. This half-plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a Union case with a dark purple embossed liner.Published References"Daguerrian [sic] Gallery of the West," Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion (April 1, 1854): 208; Martin Robison Delany, The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, And Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1852): 118; J. P. Ball, Ball's Splendid Mammoth Pictorial Tour of the United States… (Cincinnati: Achilles Pugh, 1855): 7-10; and Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance, and Brian L. Meggitt, eds., Artists in Ohio, 1797-1900: A Biographical Dictionary (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, ca. 2000): 41-42.
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Unknown
ca. 1850-1855
2005.27.67.A,B
