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Portrait of mechanic

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.31 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.1 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.343
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn plate verso, on paper seal, in pencil: "No Hallmark / Retaped 3/6/16 / DAW Exeter NH".
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of young man seated towards viewer holding hammer in one hand and a small fly wheel in the other. He has dark hair and is wearing pants with a long sleeved button up shirt. Sixth plate cased daguerreotype housed in brass mat with purple velvet liner inside brown leather covered case with oval ornamentation on cover.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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