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Sleeping Baby

  • Jesse H. Whitehurst, Sleeping Baby, ca. 1855, daguerreotype with applied color, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.289

Title
Sleeping Baby
Artist
Jesse H. Whitehurst
Date
ca. 1855
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
plate: 4 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄2 in. (10.8 x 14.0 cm.)
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Mediums Description
daguerreotype with applied color
Classifications
Photography
Photoprint
Keywords
  • State of being – other – sleep
  • Figure – child – full length
Object Number
1994.91.289
Palette
Linked Open Data URI

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