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Untitled (Portrait of a Woman with Two Children)

Black-and-white portrait photograph in a gold mat and frame of a white toddler in a dress with a striped skirt seated in the lap of a young black woman in a white head covering and floral dress.
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  • Black-and-white portrait photograph in a gold mat and frame of a white toddler in a dress with a striped skirt seated in the lap of a young black woman in a white head covering and floral dress.

Date:

1850s

Artist:

Samuel Van Loan
American, born English, 1823-1900

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Samuel Van Loan

Title

Untitled (Portrait of a Woman with Two Children)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1850–1860

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

8 × 7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Open case: 9.3 × 16 × 1 cm (3 11/16 × 6 5/16 × 7/16 in.); Case: 9.3 × 8 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 3/4 in.); Plate: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Leonian Charitable Trust

Reference Number

2019.633

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