Portrait of a family
Artist
Rufus Anson
(American, active 1850s)
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.51 × 21.59 cm)
Case (open): 14 × 9 × 1/2 inches (35.56 × 22.86 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 7 × 9 × 7/8 inches (17.78 × 22.86 × 2.21 cm)
Case (open): 14 × 9 × 1/2 inches (35.56 × 22.86 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 7 × 9 × 7/8 inches (17.78 × 22.86 × 2.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.50.3
SignedStamped on mat recto, bottom: "ANSON 589 BROADWAY"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of family of seven posed for portrait. The family members are all well-dressed and the father holds the smallest child on his lap. This whole plate daguerreotype is housed in brown leather case with gold tooling inside of a brass mat with burgundy embossed velvet liner.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
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