Two ladies reading a letter

Artist Jean-Pierre Thierry (French, 1810 - 1870)

Dateca. 1845

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Mat: 6 1/16 × 5 1/8 inches (15.39 × 13.03 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.8.42

Signednone

InscribedOn verso, on blue paper backing, top, in pencil: "Thierry à Lyon"

MarkingsOn verso, on blue paper backing, lower right, in pencil: "A1402/110"

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DescriptionImage of two women wearing striped dresses seated with one reading a letter and the other resting her hand on her chin. There are shutters covering the window behind them. This quarter plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in a white and black rectangular mat.Provenance

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Purchased from Serge Kakou, Paris, France by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.

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