Cook
[Woman with Gold Jewelry, Arm on Table with Vase]

ArtistAmerican, active mid 19th century
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Woman with Gold Jewelry, Arm on Table with Vase]
Datec. 1855
PlaceCharleston, South Carolina, United States
MediumDaguerreotype with applied color
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3/8 in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia Marvins Collection, gift of Sonia Marvins
Object number2003.640
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceSonia Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2003.
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
Embossed on the back of the case: "COOK / ARTIST / CHARLESTON"

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