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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Dr. Francis
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Dr. Francis

Artist J. Gurney and Son (American)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
InscribedStamped on reverse: "Photographic Artists/J. Gurney and Son/707 Broadway, N.Y." Handprinted on reverse: "Dr. Francis". Stamped on front: "Gurney and Son/Photo N.Y." Handprinted on front: "Dr. Francis"
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.152
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Dr. Francis (1789-1861), obstetrician and educator, who founded New York Academy of Medicine.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Napoleon Sarony
1870 - 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Shaw Warren
1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
J. Gurney and Son
1860s-1870s