Portrait of mother and child
Artist
Eliza Balch
(American, ca. 1798 - 1871)
Dateca. 1857
MediumAmbrotype
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 × 1/2 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.27 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 × 1/2 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.2
SignedStamped on mat recto, lower right: "E. BALCH'S / 123 BOWER"
InscribedOn paper liner inside case behind plate, top, in pencil: "Jenine [?] Kennedy"
Markingsnone
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Terms
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
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