[Young Girl Seated with Hand on Table]

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • [Young Girl Seated with Hand on Table]
Datec. 1860
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsImage: 2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (6.9 × 5.5 cm)
Overall: 3 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 9/16 in. (9.4 × 8 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy Nyquist
Object number2021.712
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

One rare and interesting variant of the 19th-century ambrotype process—a photographic image on glass—is the relievo. With relievos, part of the image (usually the background behind a figure) is scraped away and the glass plate is placed in front of a different background, either photographic or decorative. In this case, the new background is decorative stamped metal, creating a distinctive effect for an otherwise ordinary portrait.



 


Provenance[Michael Lehr]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.

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