Portrait of biracial woman from New Orleans
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 3/8 inches (13.97 × 24.13 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (13.97 × 12.07 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 3/8 inches (13.97 × 24.13 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (13.97 × 12.07 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.94
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a woman seated with her elbow resting on a round cloth-covered table. Her hair is parted in the center and she's wearing a long-sleeved dress with a pleated skirt and lace collar. This quarter (or sixth?) plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a decorative mat with double elliptical opening (possibly made of thin foil) inside of a leather-textured paper covered case with floral motifs at the corners, gold tooling, and an embossed deep purple velvet liner.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
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