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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mother, Father, And Three Daughters
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Mother, Father, And Three Daughters

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotypes, gold, locket
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number88.205
Not on view
DescriptionThis is 4 daguerreotypes, mounted in a gold-filled locket, watch style.

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. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: p. 10.