Portrait of Franklin Sanborn (with a lock of hair from wife Ariana)
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1854
MediumDaguerreotype with hair
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (9.22 × 16.21 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 7.95 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.93
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn tray, behind plate, in pencil: "F.B. SANBORN / AE22 / 1853"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man wearing a suit with large bow tie. His hair is parted on the side and falls over his ears. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a floral embossed paper-covered wooden case with a lock of hair and embossed burgundy 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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