Drum
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1865
MediumTintype
DimensionsPlate (ninth): 2 1/2 × 2 inches (6.35 × 5.08 cm)
Case (open): 3 × 5 1/16 × 1/4 inches (7.62 × 12.85 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 × 2 1/2 × 5/8 inches (7.62 × 6.35 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 3 × 5 1/16 × 1/4 inches (7.62 × 12.85 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 × 2 1/2 × 5/8 inches (7.62 × 6.35 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.38
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mat recto, bottom, stamped: "THE UNION NOW AND FOREVER.";
On paper liner in case behind plate, in black type: "A.P. CRITCHLOW & CO., / Manufacturers of / Daguerreotype Cases. / A.P.C. & CO. / Are the Original Inventors of the / Composition for the Union Case, / (so called,) including all the various shades / of color and fineness of texture pecu- / liar to their manufacture, and of the / Embracing Riveted Hinges, thus / securing them from breaking out / as do others that are inserted / with or without a / metal brace. / Hinge Patented / Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857.".
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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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Vance Studio
ca. 1860
2020.7.97
