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Artist unknown — Untitled (Portrait of Seated Girl)
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Untitled (Portrait of Seated Girl)

1850

Childhood innocence meets industrial innovation in a tintype portrait that exemplifies photography's role in documenting ordinary American lives during westward expansion.

Medium
Tintype

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Artist unknown, Untitled (Portrait of Seated Girl), 1850

Childhood innocence meets industrial innovation in a tintype portrait that exemplifies photography's role in documenting ordinary American lives during westward expansion.

Medium
Tintype
Year
1850
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Seated Figure, Vernacular Photography, American Photography, 19th Century, Child Subject, Victorian Era, Portrait Photography, Tintype

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