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Undertakers and Gravediggers in Cemetery
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Undertakers and Gravediggers in Cemetery

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
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 (9.21 × 16.19 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.60
Signednone
InscribedOn silk liner, top, in black pen: "169 / Gilmore [?]".
MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: "PLATE MAKER'S MARK LOWER LEFT CORNER (R.29) DOUBLE [image] JP 40 / 2-PLY, RAG BOARD SPACER & BACKER INSTALLED, COVER GLASS REPLACED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 2-23-2001 GSW KANSAS CITY, MO / 400-88-97"
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DescriptionImage of four men and a horse standing in a grassy landscape near a tree; headstones are visible on the hill behind them. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with the Flower Medallion motif and a pink silk liner.Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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