African American Woman holding a White Infant
Unknown American, American
about 1852-1853
Daguerreotype, quarter plate, in a leather case with a brass mat
Image: 3 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (8.6 × 5.7 cm)
Case: 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (12.1 × 9.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through Olivia H. and John O. Parker '58 Acquisition Fund and the James and Barbara Block Acquisitions Endowment
2016.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Course History
AAAS 67.5, GEOG 21.01, Black Consciousness and Black Feminisms, Abigail Neely, Winter 2019
Exhibition History
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-July 21, 2019.
Provenance
Estate of a private collector, Florida; sold to Dennis A. Waters, Exeter, New Hampshire (dealer), about 2006; sold to collector and dealer of photography in Midwest, about 2012; sold to Casey A. Waters (son of Dennis), Exeter, New Hampshire (dealer), about 2014; sold to present collection, 2016.
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