View of North Side of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Attributed to
William G. Mason
(American, 1803 - ca. 1860)
Dateca. 1843-1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 7/16 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 18.89 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.37 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 7/16 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 18.89 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.37 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.22
Signednone
InscribedOn bottom rail of case, white label, in black pen: "North side of Chestnut St.";
On case verso, white label, in black pen: "The North Side of / Chestnut St. from / Bank nearly to / Strawberry Alley / about 1842 or 3 / by W. G. Mason."
MarkingsOn plate verso, on paper seal, in pencil: "Restored by A.R. Phillips, Jr. May, 1943"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a street lined with multistory brick buildings with signs on the facade. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a black mat inside of a plain pebbled case with inscription.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. 31.
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William G. Mason
ca. 1842-1843
2005.37.72
William G. Mason
ca. 1853
2005.37.23
