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Sow with piglets

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 3/8 inches (18.75 × 11.76 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 3/4 inches (9.22 × 11.76 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.19
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a female pig standing in front of a wooden fence with a small piglet (blurry) running beside her. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside a brown leather case (detached lid) with an embossed red liner. The leather case depicts a bird feeding her babies in their nest, branches with grapes, and cherries.Provenance
With the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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