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Daguerreotype, "Lum-Akum," profile
Object Number 35-5-10/53056
Display Title Daguerreotype, "Lum-Akum," profile
Descriptions
Object Description Profile view of Chinese woman. Mounted daguerrotype, cover separated ffrom case. Dimensions: 2.75" x 2.25". Photographer identified on metal mat as Chase.
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1844-1856
Artist Lorenzo G. Chase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
Materials Daguerreotype
Dimensions Overall (Closed): 9.4 × 8.5 × 2 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/8 × 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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