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Unknown Artist — Secretary for a Lodge of a Temperance Organization

Unknown Artist

Secretary for a Lodge of a Temperance Organization

1854

Occupational portraiture flourished in mid-19th century America, as seen in this formal daguerreotype that documents the important social role of temperance movement leadership.

Medium
daguerreotype, half-plate

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Unknown Artist, Secretary for a Lodge of a Temperance Organization, 1854

Occupational portraiture flourished in mid-19th century America, as seen in this formal daguerreotype that documents the important social role of temperance movement leadership.

Medium
daguerreotype, half-plate
Year
1854
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Unknown Artist, 19th Century, American, Temperance Movement, Half-Plate Format, Documentary Photography, Historical Photography, Social History, Portrait, Realism, Formal Portraiture, Figurative, Daguerreotype

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago