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ArtistAmerican, active 1860s
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled
Datec. 1865
PlaceMansfield, Ohio, United States
MediumAmbrotype, 1/4th plate
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 4 × 1 3/4 in. (12.1 × 10.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia Marvins Collection, gift of Sonia Marvins
Object number2003.652.A-.D
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceSonia Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"Turning Light Into Silver", 19 February - 30 May 2005, Audrey Jones Beck Building, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, lower level.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped on oval mat of .2): "AMBROTYPE / BY OSBORN", "PATENT JULY / ...(?) 1864"

1854 Patent on the case (? location)

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