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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1999.32
People
David W. Bowdoin, American (1819 - ?)
Title
Untitled (portrait; sitter unknown)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1855
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/95476

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ambrotype (half plate)
Technique
Ambrotype
Dimensions
plate: 11.6 x 9 cm (4 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on oval brass mat, recto and verso, lower left, embossed: Ambrotype by Bowdoin
  • inscription: oval brass mat, recto and verso, lower right, embossed: Cutting's Patent

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lawrence E. Martin, Cambridge, Massachusetts, passed down through the family, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lawrence E. Martin
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
P1999.32
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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