The Ale Drinkers
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (tray): 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1/4 inches (8.89 × 7.95 × 0.64 cm)
Case (tray): 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1/4 inches (8.89 × 7.95 × 0.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.49.11
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsInside of tray, on paper liner behind plate, in pencil: [illegible notations]
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two men wearing suits and hats holding drinking glasses and bottles. They are posed around a large barrel marked XX ALE while a third man appears to be passed out nearby (only his head is visible). Their cheeks are colored a rosy hue. This sixth plate partially cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown leather covered tray.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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Vance Studio
ca. 1860
2020.7.97
