Portrait of two children

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1865

MediumHand-colored salt print

DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 20 1/16 × 16 7/8 inches (50.95 × 42.85 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.50.42

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DescriptionHand-colored photograph of two girls wearing similiar dresses, hats, coats, and boots. They are in a room with a strange perspective magnified by a checkered floor and series of arches.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016 – January 8, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

This work is an example of an early hand-colored photograph. The addition of color enhances the subjects’ appearance, while also imparting a sense of theatricality to the interior setting. It is unclear what alterations, if any, were made to this image. It was not uncommon for professional studios to add invented background elements to a photograph.

Provenance

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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