Sculpture Gallery, Boston Athenaeum
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
visible: 18.6 x 13.7 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1997
Accession Number
1997.382.40
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant Sculpture Gallery of the Boston Athenaeum through this captivating daguerreotype by the renowned partnership of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes, created around 1855. Titled *Sculpture Gallery, Boston Athenaeum*, this 18.6 x 13.7 cm image (roughly 7 5/16 x 5 3/8 inches) freezes a serene interior filled with marble sculptures, including graceful deer figures that evoke classical themes of nature and mythology. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Photographs as part of The Rubel Collection (acquired in 1997), it exemplifies early photogr...
About the Artist
Albert Sands Southworth|Josiah Johnson Hawes|Southworth and Hawes (American|American) · 1811 |1843 –1894 |1863
American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811–1894 Charlestown, Massachusetts|American, active 1843–1863