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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Couple
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Couple

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date19th century
MediumSixth plate ambrotype
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp
Object number2001.39.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sixth plate ambrotype in a thermoplastic case of a couple. They sit in front of a backdrop painted with clouds.

ProvenanceGift of Dr. and Mrs. George M. Kemp to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2001.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
ca. 1860s
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2014.
Mathew B. Brady
1852
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Silas A. Holmes
1850s
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
No Date
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
ca. 1863
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
1851-1865
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
J.H. Whitehurst Galleries
not dated
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
not dated
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Platt D. Babbitt
ca. 1860
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Mathew B. Brady
19th century