Comic portrait of two men

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (bottom): 3 9/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 inches (9.04 × 7.77 × 0.79 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.345

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on new paper seal, in pencil: "Retaped 1-13-13 / DAW Exeter, NH / No Halmark / medium-heavy plate"

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DescriptionImage of man wearing suit seated with elbow resting on table next to book. He holds a cigar in his mouth as a man stands behind him with his hands pressed to the sides of the other man's head. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype without cover is installed in brass mat inside partially-covered leather case.Provenance

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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