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Datec. 1860
MediumAmbrotype with hand tinting
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (14 × 10.8 cm)
Case (Open): 6 × 9 5/8 × 1/2 in. (15.2 × 24.4 × 1.3 cm)
Case (Closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Paul Parker Memorial Fund
Object number2023.4.2
Not on view
DescriptionHalf plate post-mortem ambrotype depicting a young child in a buggy draped with a hand-tinted blanket. Ambrotype is housed in a full leatherette case.
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Provenance
2023: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Mike Medhurst & Co., Oak Brook, Illinois
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.127
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1845-1850
Medium: Daguerreotype
Object number: 2023.4.3
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.124
Lotte Jacobi
Date: 1943
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Object number: 2004.8.2
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.125
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.109
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1850-1860
Medium: Daguerreotype
Object number: INV.1077
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Rotogravure
Object number: S2018.2.140
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.113
Zana Briski
Date: 2020
Medium: Unique gold-toned photogram on gelatin silver paper
Object number: 2024.12.1