Unknown Artist

Buggy

1853

Captured in the substantial half-plate format, this daguerreotype elevates everyday transportation into a symbol of American mobility and technological progress.

Medium: daguerreotype, half-plate

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Unknown Artist, Buggy, 1853

Captured in the substantial half-plate format, this daguerreotype elevates everyday transportation into a symbol of American mobility and technological progress.

Medium: daguerreotype, half-plate
Year: 1853
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago