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Root, Marcus Aurelius
American (1808-1888)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Albert Pritchard Root asleep with American flag draped in background

ca. 1850
daguerreotype
8.3 x 10.8 cm., 1/4 plate
Extended loan from Miller/Plummer Collection
GEH NEG: 28917
L75:0117:0018

Foresta, Merry A. & Wood, John. --Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype.-- Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press/NMAA, 1995. p. 107.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
"Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype", US, DC, Washington, National Museum of American Art, June 30 - October 29, 1995.//
"Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography", US, NY, New York November 3, 2000 - March 18, 2001.//

NOTES: Catalogued 1/86, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, child / Root, Albert Pritchard
symbol, flag

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