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Davis Brothers — Twin Babies

Davis Brothers

Twin Babies

1870

Hand-colored photography represents the popular Victorian practice of enhancing photographic portraits with delicate paint applications for greater lifelikeness.

Medium
salted paper print, hand-colored

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Davis Brothers, Twin Babies, 1870

Hand-colored photography represents the popular Victorian practice of enhancing photographic portraits with delicate paint applications for greater lifelikeness.

Medium
salted paper print, hand-colored
Year
1870
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Intimate, Hand-Colored, Family, Documentary, American, Photograph, Portrait, Sepia Tones, Figurative

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Cleveland Museum of Art