id: 162301
accession number: 2002.35
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2002.35
updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:46.997000
Dead Child On a Sofa, c. 1855. America, 19th century. Daguerreotype, applied color, quarter-plate; image: 6.3 x 8.7 cm (2 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.); case: 11.8 x 9.4 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.); mounted: 8.2 x 10.7 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2002.35
title: Dead Child On a Sofa
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creation date: c. 1855
creation date earliest: 1850
creation date latest: 1860
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: daguerreotype, applied color, quarter-plate
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 19th Century
type: Photograph
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measurements: Image: 6.3 x 8.7 cm (2 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.); Case: 11.8 x 9.4 cm (4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.); Mounted: 8.2 x 10.7 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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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, Cleveland, OH (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); Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (October 3, 2009-January 3, 2010).
title: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
opening date: 2016-10-22T04:00:00
Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).
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PROVENANCE
(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: June 3, 2002
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