Double self-portrait with camera and seated
Artist
Amos Morrel Allen
(American, 1823 - 1907)
Dateca. 1865-1870
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (8.89 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 7/16 inches (10.16 × 6.19 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 7/16 inches (10.16 × 6.19 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.37
Signednone
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in black type: "A.M. ALLEN / Photographer, / POTTSVILLE, PA."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionCarte-de-Visite of a man standing with his arm resting on a large camera while the same man is shown seated nearby looking at an open book on his lap. He is wearing a suit with vest, tie, and long jacket.Gallery LabelCommercial studio photographers often advertised their talents using the carte-de-visite format. These pocket-sized pictures, mounted on cardstock, often functioned like business cards. Often, photographers used themselves as models, producing playful, inventive images to demonstrate their skills.
Amos M. Allen produced photographs by making two separate exposures on a single negative. Such manipulations were relatively common during the mid-to-late 1800s, well over a century before the invention of digital editing software used today.
Purchased from Chester Urban, Worcester, MA, by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO;
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.
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