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Portrait of Herbert and Willis Rice with dog
Portrait of Herbert and Willis Rice with dog

Portrait of Herbert and Willis Rice with dog

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 × 3/8 inches (11.91 × 19.38 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 11/16 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.91 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.348
Signednone
InscribedOn plate verso, center, in black marker: "HERBERT MAYNARD RICE / JAN.24, 1845 - NOV.16, 1885 / WILLIS T. RICE / SEPT. 1, 1847 - JUL. 16, 1863"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of two boys dressed in identical checkered shirts and plain pants. The older boy is seated on a small footstool while the younger stands next to him with his left hand on the other boy's shoulder. A dog rests at their feet on the rug.Quarter plate cased daguerreotype housed in brass mat with red velvet liner inside leather-covered case with embossed flowers on the 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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