Portrait of two girls
Artist
Enoch Long
(American, 1823 - 1898)
Dateca. 1853
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 1/4 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 1/4 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.49.6
SignedOn velvet liner, center, embossed: "E. LONG ARTIST / 100 MARKET ST / ST. LOUIS / M.O."
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionPortrait of two young girls wearing identical dresses and holding small basket purses. They both have short straight hair which is parted in the center and their expressions are neutral. The girl on the right has her arm around the other girl's shoulder. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown leather covered case with an embossed burgundy velvet liner and center clasp.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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