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Unknown Artist — Mother with son with blind right eye

Unknown Artist

Mother with son with blind right eye

1855

Daguerreotype portraiture's unflinching realism extends to documenting physical differences, reflecting 19th-century attitudes toward disability and family representation.

Medium
daguerreotype, sixth plate

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Unknown Artist, Mother with son with blind right eye, 1855

Daguerreotype portraiture's unflinching realism extends to documenting physical differences, reflecting 19th-century attitudes toward disability and family representation.

Medium
daguerreotype, sixth plate
Year
1855
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Mother and Child, American Photography, Sixth Plate Format, Family Portrait, Early Photography, Portrait Photography, Daguerreotype

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago