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Southworth & Hawes
American (active ca 1845-1861)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Albert Sands Southworth

ca. 1848
daguerreotype
14.0 x 10.7 cm., 1/2 plate
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 21214
74:0193:1129

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Rudisill, Richard. --Mirror Image: The Influence of the Daguerreotype on American Society.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1971. pl. 168.//
Sobieszek, Robert & Appel, Odette M. --Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes.-- Boston: David R. Godine, 1976. pl. 13.//
Greenough, Sarah & Travis, David. --On the Art of Fixing a Shadow.-- National Gallery of Art/Art Institute Chicago, 1989. pl. 20.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 79.//
This image was part of GEH's 2000 submission to AMICO (Art Museum Image Consortium).//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes", US, NY, Rochester February 20 - June 8, 1976.//
"On the Art of Fixing a Shadow", US, DC, Washington May 7 - July 30, 1989. (Traveled).//
"Early Works of Photography", Japan, Tokyo January 30 - March 25, 1992.//
"Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography", US, NY, New York November 3, 2000 - March 18, 2001.//
"Second Sight: The Mystery of the Daguerreotype - Selections from the George", US, NY, Utica June 1 - August 25, 2002.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in ink) "13" (circled) mount verso-(typed paper label) "Exhibition: On the Art of Fixing A Shadow: 150 Years of Photography" "Date: 7 May 1989 - 30 July 1989" "Artist: Josiah Johnson Hawes" "Cat. #20" "Title: Albert Sands Southworth" "Crate 63" "Lender: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House"

NOTES: Catalogued 10/88, DZ, updated 7/91.

SUBJECT: personage, photographer / Southworth, Albert Sands

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