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Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Little Boy With Buggy Whip
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Little Boy With Buggy Whip

Artist William J. Shew (American, 1820-1903)
CultureAmerican
Date1855
MediumQuarter plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall, Image: 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 10 × 9 in. (25.4 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number88.159
On View
Not on view
DescriptionQuarter plate daguerreotype depicting a little boy with a buggy whip.

Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "20/20: Fashion in Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 23, 1999 - January 2, 2000. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 9, 16.
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Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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