id:			448867
accession number:	2022.14
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.14
updated:		2023-08-24 01:47:53.261000

Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1855. America, 19th century. Ambrotype with hand-tinting; overall: 8 x 6.9 x 2.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Julius L. Greenfield Photography Acquisition Fund 2022.14

title:				Portrait of a Young Man
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creation date:			c. 1855
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1860
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creditline:			The Julius L. Greenfield Photography Acquisition Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	ambrotype with hand-tinting
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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measurements: Overall: 8 x 6.9 x 2.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Robert and Joyce Feinman, Akron, OH
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	(Bluebird Liquidators, Fairlawn, OH), sold to Barbara Tannenbaum as agent for The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 7, 2022-
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fun fact:
During the first decades of photography, portraits far outnumbered every other type of image.

digital description:
It seemed a miracle that anyone could afford to have an accurate record of their own likeness or those of their loved ones. This portrait is an excellent example of the hundreds of thousands of portraits produced by commercial photographers in mid-nineteenth-century America. Small scale yet housed in an elaborately decorated thermoplastic case, it was intended to be carried by its owner or displayed on parlor tables or knickknack shelves.

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RELATED WORKS

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IMAGES

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