id:			162773
accession number:	2003.294
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.294
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:49.617000

Post-Mortem on Pillow, c. 1855. America, 19th century. Ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate; image: 7 x 8.3 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); case: 8 x 9.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in.); matted: 48.3 x 61 cm (19 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 2003.294

title:				Post-Mortem on Pillow
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creation date:			c. 1855
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1860
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creditline:			Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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measurements: Image: 7 x 8.3 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Case: 8 x 9.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in.); Matted: 48.3 x 61 cm (19 x 24 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
	opening date:   2016-10-22T04:00:00
	<i>Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, New York, NY
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 1, 2003
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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.294/2003.294_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.294/2003.294_full.tif