Child with Drum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Child with Drum

Date
1850s
Medium
daguerreotype, quarter-plate
Culture
America
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
162299

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For this finely toned daguerreotype, an unknown photographer skillfully manipulated a bulky camera into a low vantagepoint, ensured even lighting, and positioned the quaintly dressed subject against a neutral background to create a charming portrait. The child was carefully coached to stare directly into the lens and to hold the toy drum and drumsticks convincingly. Perhaps the drum is meant to recall earlier times in American history and to symbolize its fight for independence.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY) | June 3, 2002: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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  • Representative object from the topic 19th Century Cased Photographs
    19th Century Cased Photographs

    These objects are all early photographic formats from the mid-19th century, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes, often hand-tinted and presented in cases.

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