Tintype box
c. 1860
Artists
Dimensions
8.8 x 17.5 x 9 cm (3 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Carl Chiarenza, Rochester, New York, acquired from Nicholas Dean, 1961, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997. (Nicholas Dean, private collector, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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