Asa A. Brack
Sam Houston

ArtistAmerican, 1861–1937
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sam Houston
Datec. 1860, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (14 × 9.7 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (14 × 9.7 cm)
Mount: 6 11/16 × 4 1/2 in. (17 × 11.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2014.927
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[John Cleary Gallery, Houston]; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston, April 29, 1992; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Embossed, recto, bottom edge of mount: Brack AAB SAN ANTONIO. // TEX.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center left edge: 192
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: orig made in 1856

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