Portrait of wood craftsman
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (three-quarter): 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (18.11 × 13.97 cm)
Framed: 11 1/2 × 9 7/8 × 1 inches (29.21 × 25.07 × 2.54 cm)
Framed: 11 1/2 × 9 7/8 × 1 inches (29.21 × 25.07 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.347
Signednone
InscribedOn frame backer, left edge, in pencil: "Sabotier - a Maker of Wooden Shoes".
MarkingsOn frame backer, right edge, in pencil: "Resealed Oct. 1996 - Frame & Passe-Partout / original to image.";
On frame backer, top, white label in pencil: "CO-30".
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DescriptionImage of man holding large knife over a partially chiseled block of wood which is resting on a tripod chopping block. He's wearing pants, a long sleeved shirt, and a work apron as he turns his head to look directly into the camera. This three-quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in original black frame with black and gold passe-partout mount.ProvenancePurchased from Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, New Haven, CT by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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