Man eating watermelon

Dateca. 1870

MediumTintype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (6.99 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 6 15/16 × 3 13/16 × 3/8 inches (17.6 × 9.7 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 7/16 × 3 13/16 × 3/4 inches (8.69 × 9.7 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2019.22.33

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MarkingsOn paper liner in case behind plate, printed in black type: "A.P. CRITCHLOW & CO., / Manufacturers of / Daguerreotype Cases. / A.P.C. & CO. / Are the Original Inventors of the / Composition for the Union case, / (so called,) including all the various shades / of color and fineness of texture pecu- / lair to their manufacture and of the / Embracing Riveted Hinges, thus / securing them from breaking out / as do others that are inserted / with or without a / metal brace. / Hinge Patented / Oct. 14, 1856 & April 21, 1857."

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DescriptionImage of mustachioed man seated at a table holding a slice of watermelon in each hand. A cut watermelon rests on the table beside several slices that have been eaten. The man is dressed in a jacket, vest, and tie. This sixth plate cased tintype is housed in a brass mat inside of a union case with a purple embossed liner.Provenance

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Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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