Unknown artist
Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging
fromCHF 59.00
Black & white photography
Child Standing on a Chair Holding Flowers, with Mother
Unknown artist, 1855
A mother and her young daughter hold still for the camera, the child standing on a chair with a bouquet in her hands.
CHF 79.00
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About this artwork
This is a daguerreotype, the process most commercial photographers favoured for family portraits until the mid-1850s. A mother sits in a dark dress beside her daughter, who wears a striped dress and bonnet and stands on a wicker chair holding flowers. Both had to stay still while the silver-coated copper plate was exposed, and their patience shows. Only the bouquet is slightly blurred. Fabric, faces and accessories are crisply defined, as the technique tends to render them.
On your wall: Its soft monochrome tones and quiet family subject suit a hallway, bedroom or study, especially among vintage portraits or in a traditional setting.
- Title
- Child Standing on a Chair Holding Flowers, with Mother
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Year
- 1855
- Style
- Black & white photography
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
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