Petersham School in Miss Laura's Day

c. 1850

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7.5 × 9.6 cm (2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
    mat: 9.5 × 10.7 cm (3 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
    case (closed): 12 × 10.8 × 1.9 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.153.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Dennis Waters, Exeter, NH); NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64144799


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