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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.7
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (postmortem portrait of infant)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1850
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160426

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored sixth plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
8 x 7 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/06/2005 - 10/30/2005

Verification Level

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