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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1997.37.1
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (mother holding infant, seated, three-quarter view; right figure erased)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1860
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/281064

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Tintype
Dimensions
plate: 8 x 6.8 cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carl Chiarenza, Rochester, New York, acquired from Nicholas Dean, 1961, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. (Nicholas Dean, private collector, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs; Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund for Photographs; Discretionary Fund for the Photograph Department; Robert M. Sedgwick II Fund
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
P1997.37.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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