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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of Man with Two Oxen)

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Untitled (Portrait of Man with Two Oxen)

1852

Before mechanized farming transformed agriculture, a farmer proudly displays his working oxen in a daguerreotype that documents the intimate relationship between humans and animals in pre-industrial America.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of Man with Two Oxen), 1852

Before mechanized farming transformed agriculture, a farmer proudly displays his working oxen in a daguerreotype that documents the intimate relationship between humans and animals in pre-industrial America.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1852
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Early Photography, Oxen, Portrait, Figurative, Daguerreotype, Formal

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