Portrait of a family

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (6.99 × 8.26 cm)
Case: 3 1/16 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (7.77 × 9.22 × 0.97 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.44.20

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in black pen: "12-11-11 / [signature]"

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DescriptionPortrait of man, woman, and child seated. A series of isolated intentional vertical scratches has almost entirely obscured the image of the child. The man wears a suit and the woman a dress with a gold embellished brooch. This sixth plate partially cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside a brown leather case (missing lid).Provenance

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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