id: 162299 accession number: 2002.33 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2002.33 updated: 2022-01-07 22:55:04.440000 Child with Drum, 1850s. America, 19th century. Daguerreotype, quarter-plate; image: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); case: 12.7 x 10.5 cm (5 x 4 1/8 in.); matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2002.33 title: Child with Drum title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1850s creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1859 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: daguerreotype, quarter-plate department: Photography collection: PH - American 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Case: 12.7 x 10.5 cm (5 x 4 1/8 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection of American Photography opening date: 2003-04-26T00:00:00 Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection of American Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 26-September 10, 2003). title: Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-06-24T00:00:00 Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY) date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: June 3, 2002 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: For this finely toned daguerreotype, an unknown photographer skillfully manipulated a bulky camera into a low vantagepoint, ensured even lighting, and positioned the quaintly dressed subject against a neutral background to create a charming portrait. The child was carefully coached to stare directly into the lens and to hold the toy drum and drumsticks convincingly. Perhaps the drum is meant to recall earlier times in American history and to symbolize its fight for independence. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2002.33/2002.33_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2002.33/2002.33_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2002.33/2002.33_full.tif