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PROPERTY FROM THE JACKIE NAPOLEAN WILSON COLLECTION
UNKNOWN MAKER
"A Window into Time" - Henry Whiting's store
Details
UNKNOWN MAKER
"A Window into Time" - Henry Whiting's store
Sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored. Circa 1855. Accompanied by a note in ink on the reverse of the plate, Henry Whiting's store built in 1852 and burned in April 1911. Not a brick left standing. Leather case.
"A Window into Time" - Henry Whiting's store
Sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored. Circa 1855. Accompanied by a note in ink on the reverse of the plate, Henry Whiting's store built in 1852 and burned in April 1911. Not a brick left standing. Leather case.
Literature
Wilson, Hidden Witness:African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War, pp. 4-5.
Exhibited
Hidden Witness:African-Americans in Early Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 29 February - 18 June 1995.