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Charlotte Helen Middleton and her enslaved nurse, Lydia

Catalog Data

Artist:
George S. Cook, 23 Feb 1819 - 27 Nov 1902  Search this
Sitter:
Charlotte Helen Middleton, 23 Aug 1854 - 18 Dec 1919  Search this
Lydia Middleton, ? - after 1864  Search this
Medium:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
9.5 x 7cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/4")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1857
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Costume\Footwear\Shoes  Search this
Costume\Headgear  Search this
Charlotte Helen Middleton: Female  Search this
Charlotte Helen Middleton: Female  Search this
Lydia Middleton: Female  Search this
Lydia Middleton: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person  Search this
Lydia Middleton: Society and Social Change\Service worker\Domestic worker\Maid  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art
Object number:
1937.005.0010 Gibbes
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48ae2b77c-e980-4a39-bd19-1a335ea6f2e5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1937.005.0010_Gibbes