Miss Sophia Christy

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Miss Sophia Christy
  • Mrs Thomas Christy, Miss Louisa Christy and Miss Sophia Christy
Dateabout 1857
MediumAmbrotypes
DimensionsImage (.A): 2 5/8 × 3 7/16 in. (6.6 × 8.8 cm)
Image (.B): 3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (8.8 × 6.4 cm)
Plate (.A): 3 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. (8.2 × 10.7 cm)
Plate (.B): 4 1/4 × 3 5/16 in. (10.8 × 8.4 cm)
Overall (Closed case): 4 3/4 × 3 15/16 × 7/8 in. (12 × 10 × 2.2 cm)
Overall (Open case): 4 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 7/8 in. (12 × 19.7 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. and Susie Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2020.17.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Silver Shadows, Huddersfield, England]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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