Portrait of Thomas Ustick Walter and family
Attributed to
William Langenheim
(American, 1809 - 1879)
Dateca. 1843-1844
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate: (three-quarter) 6 × 5 1/2 inches (15.24 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 6 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 1/4 inches (17.15 × 31.12 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 6 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 1/2 inches (17.15 × 15.57 × 1.27 cm)
Case (open): 6 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 1/4 inches (17.15 × 31.12 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 6 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 1/2 inches (17.15 × 15.57 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.73
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper note, in tray behind plate, in black pen: "THOS. U. WALTER / (ARCHITECT) / + / FAMILY / c. 1841"
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DescriptionImage of a man seated beside a woman with eight children, boys and girls, around them. The smallest boy is seated on the lap of the man. The girls all wear dresses and the boys wear collared shirts with dark pants. This daguerreotype is housed in a gold colored mat inside of a case with a pink silk liner. The case is embossed with a vased floral motif.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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