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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.54
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Sisters Isabel Ashby, Harriet Ashby, Mary Ashby, Charleston S.C.
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, South Carolina, Charleston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/369304

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored ambrotype
Technique
Ambrotype
Dimensions
case: 11.8 × 9.3 cm (4 5/8 × 3 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of case, ball point pen: T. to R. 3 Sisters / Left Isabel Ashby / Middle Harriet Ashby / Right Mary ASby / J. A. Smith M.A. Mathews / H. A. Paine Charleston S.C.
  • label: back of frame, under primary label, black ink: idere [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Greg French, Jamaica Plain], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kenyon C. Bolton III Fund
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.54
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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