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Untitled (Portrait of Two Women)

Black-and-white portrait photograph in a gold mat and frame of two young women: a seated white woman at left and standing black woman at right. The white women reaches for a clear glass on a tray held by the black woman.
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  • Black-and-white portrait photograph in a gold mat and frame of two young women: a seated white woman at left and standing black woman at right. The white women reaches for a clear glass on a tray held by the black woman.

Date:

1848

Artist:

Unknown maker
American, 19th century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Title

Untitled (Portrait of Two Women)

Place

United States (Object made in)

Date

Made 1848

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in., plate); 9.3 × 16 × 0.8 cm (open case); 9.3 × 8 × 1.5 cm (case)

Credit Line

The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust

Reference Number

2019.605

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