Portrait of Edmund Quincy
Attributed to
Samuel Masury
(American, 1818 - 1874)
Dateca. 1850-1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Mat: 6 7/16 × 5 5/16 inches (16.35 × 13.49 cm)
Mat: 6 7/16 × 5 5/16 inches (16.35 × 13.49 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.78
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markings[removed during treatment] On frame verso, top, on tape, in pencil: "10078-5...[?].../...[?] 8/22"
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man with small wire rimmed glasses. He is dressed in a jacket with a patterned vest and wide bow tie. This half plate matted daguerreotype is housed in a black mat embellished with gold pigment and hand painted floral motif over inlaid mother-of-pearl.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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Vance Studio
ca. 1856
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