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Portrait of Owen Bixby and Wife1860

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Open daguerreotype case with crimson embossed velvet lid and gilded oval-matted group portrait of two women and a man, waist-up, in dark clothing
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Portrait of Owen Bixby and Wife
Date Made
1860
Medium
Daguerreotype (1/4 plate with oval decorative preserver in velvet case, silk-lined)
Dimensions
Image (sight): 3 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (9.37 × 6.99 cm) Primary support (sight): 3 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (9.37 × 6.99 cm) Case (open): 4 7/8 × 7 5/8 × 3/4 in. (12.38 × 19.37 × 1.91 cm) Case (closed): 4 7/8 × 4 1/16 × 1 in. (12.38 × 10.32 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jack Shear
Accession Number
M.91.287.4
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography