[Edward Everett Hale and Son]
ca. 1865
![[Edward Everett Hale and Son] by Unknown](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/edward-everett-hale-and-son-728492.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negatives
Dimensions
Image (2005.100.1032): 8.8 × 6.2 cm (3 7/16 × 2 7/16 in.) Mount (2005.100.1032): 10.2 × 6.5 cm (4 × 2 9/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.1032
About the Artist
Unknown
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