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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Boy Standing Behind Mother
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Boy Standing Behind Mother

Artist Jesse H. Whitehurst (American, 1820-1875)
CultureAmerican
Date19th century
MediumQuarter plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (8.3 x 10.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number89.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a quarter plate daguerreotype photograph.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
ca. 1845
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
1852
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
December 1850
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Langenheim
1850
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jesse H. Whitehurst
ca. 1855