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Unknown Artist — Seated old woman

Unknown Artist

Seated old woman

1864

Hand-tinted to add warmth and humanity, this ambrotype exemplifies the mid-19th century desire to bring lifelike color to early photographic portraiture.

Medium
ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate

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Unknown Artist, Seated old woman, 1864

Hand-tinted to add warmth and humanity, this ambrotype exemplifies the mid-19th century desire to bring lifelike color to early photographic portraiture.

Medium
ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate
Year
1864
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Intimate, Tinted, Elderly, Ambrotype, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Unknown, Portrait, Warm Tones

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago