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Portrait of Ira French, employee of Vance's Studio in San Francisco
Portrait of Ira French, employee of Vance's Studio in San Francisco

Portrait of Ira French, employee of Vance's Studio in San Francisco

Artist Unknown
DateFebruary 1865
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
tray: 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3/8 inches (9.22 × 8.26 × 0.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.96
Signednone
InscribedOn plate backing board, top, in pencil: "I.G. French Feb 1865 / New York"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man wearing a collared shirt, jacket, and patterned tie. His curly hair is parted on the side and flips up near his ears.This sixth plate partially cased ambrotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of the back tray of a brown case with gold tooling.Provenance
Hall Family Foundation, 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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