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Mother and Child in White Dress

Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mother and Child in White Dress
Date1860s
MediumAmbrotype with applied color
DimensionsImage: 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in. (6.7 × 5.3 cm)
Frame: 3 3/16 × 2 11/16 in. (8.1 × 6.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.792
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Turning Light Into Silver", 19 February - 30 May 2005, Audrey Jones Beck Building, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, lower level.

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