Untitled (Boy)
1850s
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Accession Number
2000.83.32
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Untitled (Boy)" is a captivating early photograph from the 185s, capturing the innocent gaze of a young child a simple backdrop. Created by an unidentified artist, photoprint exemplifies the burgeoning medium of photography in mid-19th-century America, when portraits shifted from painted canvases to accessible, light-sensitive images. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's, it was generously gifted by Charles Isaacs and Carol Nig, highlighting its value as a preserved slice of everyday life. In the 1850s, photography was revolutionizing visual culture, moving from one-of-a-kind dagu...
About the Artist
Unidentified ( ) · –