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CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Family Portrait]
Datec. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (at open): 12 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (31.5 × 26 cm)
Plate: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
Frame: 21 5/8 × 19 11/16 × 1 15/16 in. (55 × 50 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2025.48
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, October 6, 1999, Sale 7348, Lot 3]; Private collection; [Sotheby's New York, April 3, 2025, Lot 80]; purchased by MFAH, 2025.

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