Woman with Alice Abadam
Former TitleAlice Abadam and Child
Artist
William Hardy Kent
(American, 1819 - 1907)
Date1856
MediumStereo daguerreotype
DimensionsPlate: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.417
SignedArtist's label on verso of plate backing board, printed: "WM. H. KENT, / 147 OXFORD ST. opposite BOND ST / Daguerreotypists. / Lee, Wh [?] Holborn."
InscribedInscribed in lower area of left image, image recto: "Alice Abadam, 28 May 1856".
MarkingsPencil markings on plate backing board verso: [indecipherable].
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionStereo-daguerreotype (uncased) of a woman holding an infant, Alice Abadam, in her lap; she sits in front of a small mirror and is wearing a dress with a dark ribbon trim.
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