[Young Boy]
ca. 1860-1880
![[Young Boy] by Unidentified](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Fsmith%2Fthumb%2Fyoung-boy-smith-061298-1.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Accession Number
1994.91.227
Tags
Art Historical Context
This evocative full-length portrait, titled *[Young Boy]* and dating to around 1860-1880, captures the gaze of a child in an era when photography was transforming how Americans documented their lives. Produced as a photoprint by an unidentified artist, it exemplifies the burgeoning popularity of studio photography during the mid-to-late 19th century, a time when technical advances like the wet-collodion process made portraits more accessible and detailed for everyday families. The image's historical significance lies in its window into Victorian-era childhood, where full-length poses often co...
About the Artist
Unidentified ( ) · –