Portrait of a woman
Attributed to
Oliver Sarony
(Canadian, 1820 - 1879)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/2 × 9 × 3/8 inches (13.97 × 22.86 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 5/8 inches (13.97 × 11.43 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/2 × 9 × 3/8 inches (13.97 × 22.86 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 5/8 inches (13.97 × 11.43 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.56.8
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn modern paper seals, in pencil: "Archivally Resealed By JDW @ 55 Oct 2017 / 1849c Half Plate Tinted Daguerreotype / of Husband & Wife Likely By / Oliver Sarony / DOUBLE HALLMARK (star) [DOUBLE // moon, goat carrying cross] "
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DescriptionImage of a woman seated with elbow resting on side table. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress and holding a cased object in her lap. This hand-colored half plate daguerreotype is housed behind a brass mat inside of an unadorned paper covered wooden case with an ochre velvet liner.ProvenanceThe 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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