Town in snow
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (13.97 x 11.43 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 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 number2005.27.570
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsPlate maker's mark on upper left corner: "SCOVILL'S MFG CO EXTRA"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a snow covered street in front of multi-story buildings; a wooden wagon is in the lower right corner. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a leather covered case with a red velvet liner embossed with a floral motif.Exhibition HistoryRotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Keith F. Davis. The Origins of American Photography: from Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885. With contributions by Jane L. Aspinwall. Kansas City, MO: Hall Family Foundation: in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007, 130 (repro).
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George H. Johnson
ca. 1850-1855
2005.27.119
