Artist
Osborn(American, active 1860s)American, active 1860s
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
Datec. 1865
PlaceMansfield, Ohio, United States
MediumAmbrotype, 1/4th plate
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 4 × 1 3/4 in. (12.1 × 10.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia Marvins Collection, gift of Sonia Marvins
Object number2003.652.A-.D
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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
Stamped on oval mat of .2): "AMBROTYPE / BY OSBORN", "PATENT JULY / ...(?) 1864"
1854 Patent on the case (? location)
1854 Patent on the case (? location)
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