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Unknown Artist — The Homework Table

Unknown Artist

The Homework Table

1858

Domestic intimacy characterizes this daguerreotype scene, which captures the importance of education and family literacy during America's mid-19th century cultural development.

Medium
daguerreotype, quarter plate

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Unknown Artist, The Homework Table, 1858

Domestic intimacy characterizes this daguerreotype scene, which captures the importance of education and family literacy during America's mid-19th century cultural development.

Medium
daguerreotype, quarter plate
Year
1858
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Documentary, American, Domestic, Historical, Interior, Portrait, Figurative, Daguerreotype

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago