Luther Boswell and Wife
Artist
Luther Boswell
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1852
MediumSixth plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds
Object number89.76
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sixth plate daguerreotype photograph.Label TextLuther Boswell American Luther Boswell and Wife, 1852 Sixth plate daguerreotype (silver plate photograph) Museum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 89.76 Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, 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. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 7, 19.
