Peter Welling
Two girls
About this artwork
This daguerreotype has been hand-coloured with dry paint to stress the relationship between the two girls - they are presumably sisters, wearing the same dresses and the same coral necklaces. Welling has executed this portrait in the American tradition with the sitters staring straight out at us. There are no softening shadows, favoured by European photographers.
Updated before 2020
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artist:
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title:Two girls
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date created:About 1850
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materials:Hand-coloured daguerreotype
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measurements:8.20 x 6.90 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
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accession number:PGP R 9
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Peter Welling
Peter Welling
Peter Welling was a studio photographer, working in New York in the 1850s and 1860s. As early as 1853 eighty-five other portrait studios were operating there. He specialised in portraiture using the daguerreotype process.
