BoxesAmerican19th century

Tintype box

c. 1860

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Wood

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Photographs

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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