Untitled (Portrait of a Child on a Rocking Horse)

Alexander Hesler American, born Canada, 1823-1895 →

19th centuryportraitphotograph

Date

1862

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Open case: 9.4 × 16.4 × 1 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 7/16 in.); Case: 9.4 × 8.2 × 1.6 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.); Plate: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Leonian Charitable Trust

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