"Hack" Madeira
Unknown
1880s
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
15.0 x 20.4 cm (5 15/16 x 8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Eugene Schwartz, 1992
Accession Number
1992.5121
Tags
MenWomenBuffalosCarriages
About the Artist
Unknown
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