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Unknown Artist — Three Carpenters

Unknown Artist

Three Carpenters

1858

Working-class dignity receives respectful treatment in this ambrotype, which documents skilled craftsmen during America's rapid industrialization and urban growth.

Medium
ambrotype, quarter plate

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Unknown Artist, Three Carpenters, 1858

Working-class dignity receives respectful treatment in this ambrotype, which documents skilled craftsmen during America's rapid industrialization and urban growth.

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

Related themes

Ambrotype, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Craftspeople, Group, Portrait, Sepia Tones, Male

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago