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  • [Woman and Child]
Datec. 1865
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (12.1 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia Marvins Collection, gift of Mike Marvins
Object number2004.1455
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceMichael H. Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
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
Notations marked in ink on separate card inside of the case: "Hannah Giddings Tyler / Married / to George Willam Wheelwright / & / John Tyler Wheelwright / Married / Isabel de Lano Meriam(?) / & / Meriam Wheelwright"

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