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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
On View
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
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Mathew B. Brady
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Platt D. Babbitt
ca. 1860