Enslaved people on a cotton plantation

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches (9.53 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 inches (19.05 × 12.07 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 12.07 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2019.56.9

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DescriptionImage of a two-story home with ten African Americans, some with baskets of cotton perched atop their heads, standing outside. In the lower left, a man wearing a top hat leans on a cane, which he holds in his left hand. In the foreground is a large well with a crank mechanism. The sky is solarized with a blue hue. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a traditional wooden case with gold trim, a floral motif, and a burgundy embossed velvet liner.Provenance

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Purchased from American History, Including Treasures of the Civil War: Premier Auction, Cowan’s, Cincinnati, November 15, 2019, lot 24A by The Hall Family Foundation, 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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