Carte-de-visite of an unidentified boy and a dog seated on a chair, Newburyport, Mass., undated

Item Information

Title:
Carte-de-visite of an unidentified boy and a dog seated on a chair, Newburyport, Mass., undated
Description:
This carte-de-visite portrays an unidentified boy and a dog seated on a chair. Author Katherine Grier states that this photograph burlesques the "visual conventions" of studio portraiture of children and their pets that were common by the 1870s.
Photographer:
Chase, James M., b. ca. 1835
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC008: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, ca. 1858-1866
Subjects:
boys
pets (domestic animals)
double portraits
chairs (furniture forms)
families (kinship groups)
dogs (animals)
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newburyport
Extent:
1 carte-de-visite
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/195333
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
195333
Call #:
PC008.TMP.007