Double Portrait Of A Woman
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumNinth plate daguerreotype, hair, pencil, paper
Dimensions5 5/8 x 7 x 3/4 in. (14.3 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number88.203
Not on view
DescriptionThese are two ninth plate daguerreotypes mounted in an early three-quarter plate case, with hair locks and pencil on paper inscription: Have a care of this vain deceitful
World & the lusts of the flesh; be sure
You choose God for your portion, hea -
ven for your home God's glory for
Your end his word for your rule
& then you need never fear but
We shall meet with comfort.
Baxter
Label TextAmerican Double Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1850 Ninth plate daguerreotype with hair locks and pencil on paper Museum purchase 88.203 Written By: MTH Approved By: SIRExhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "Side by Side," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 9 - August 6, 2010. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 10, 24.
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