Young girl with arms crossed
Artist
Jeremiah Gurney
(American, 1812 - 1886)
Dateca. 1852-1858
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 5/8 × 3/8 inches (15.24 × 24.45 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 5/8 × 3/8 inches (15.24 × 24.45 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.44.11
InscribedStamped on brass mat: "J. Gurney / 349 Broadway."
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionHalf plate daguerreotype housed in traditional image package with leather case, red velvet cushion, and oval brass mat. Image of young girl wearing an off-the-shoulder formal dress with hands gently crossed over chest.Exhibition History
Rotation 2. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, MO, October 24, 2007 - March
19, 2008, no cat.
Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.
The exquisite artistry of this girl's pose and the silvery luster of the plate itself distinguish this work as one of the most remarkable of its time. Gurney was a pioneer of American photography. He took up the daguerreotype in 1840 and operated one of the leading studios in New York City for several decades.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2006;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2006.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2006.
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), 42 (repro), 302.
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