Marcus Aurelius Root / Albert Pritchard Root asleep with American flag draped in background / ca. 1850

Marcus Aurelius Root
Albert Pritchard Root asleep with American flag draped in background
ca. 1850
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Creator Name: Root, M.A.
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: US, OH, Granville
Creator Death Place: US, PA, Philadelphia
Creator Name-CRT: Marcus Aurelius Root
Title: Albert Pritchard Root asleep with American flag draped in background
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1840
Creation End Date: 1855
Creation Date: ca. 1850
Object Type: Photographs
Materials and Techniques: daguerreotype
Dimensions: 8.3 x 10.8 cm., 1/4 plate
AMICA Contributor: George Eastman House
Owner Location: Rochester, New York, USA
ID Number: L75:0117:0018
Credit Line: Extended loan from Miller/Plummer Collection
Rights: http://www.geh.org/rights.html
Subject Terms: portrait, child
Subject Terms: symbol, flag
Exhibition History: "American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
Exhibition History: "Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype", US, DC, Washington, National Museum of American Art, June 30 - October 29, 1995.//
Exhibition History: "Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography" US, NY, New York November 3, 2000 - March 18, 2001.//
Related Document Description: Foresta, Merry A. & Wood, John. --Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype.-- Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press/NMAA, 1995. p. 107.//
AMICA ID: GEH_.75:0117:0018
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: ? George Eastman House

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