Horse-drawn wagon
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (13.97 × 11.43 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 7/8 × 6 × 1 inches (12.38 × 15.24 × 2.54 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 7/8 × 6 × 1 inches (12.38 × 15.24 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.99
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsBehind plate, lining tray, in black type: "LITTLEFIELD, PARSONS & GO., / MANUFACTURES OF / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P. & CO. / are the sole Proprietors / and the only legal Manufacturers of / Union Cases, / WITH THE / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / PATENTED / Oct. 14, 1856, and April 21, 1857."
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L10
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DescriptionImage of a horse-drawn wagon with two horses and one figure. There is a wooden fence behind them and trees along the horizon. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with rounded corners and presented in a full thermoplastic case with embossed red velvet liner.Exhibition HistoryDeveloping Greatness: The Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – December 30, 2007, no. 245.
Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.
Horses and horse-drawn carriages were relatively common subjects in
outdoor daguerreotype scenes. This plate features well-groomed horses whose
handsome appearances take center stage, overshadowing their human companions.
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2001;
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.
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. Distributed by Yale University
Press. Published in conjunction with Developing
Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885, shown at the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 133 (repro.).
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