Unidentified, Frame containing 28 individual portraits of men, women, and children, ca. 1869. Ambrotypes, tintypes, and pannotypes in wooden frame. George Eastman Museum, gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex collection Alden Scott Boyer, 1954.
Join Emily Phoenix, assistant conservator, George Eastman Museum and learn about the extensive conservation treatment of a framed group of nineteenth century photographic portraits. Find out how the treatment improved the appearance, ensured the long-term preservation, and provided new insight into the context and creation of these twenty-eight ambrotypes, tintypes, and pannotypes housed together. This fascinating object from the museum's collection is currently on view in the exhibition Selections from the Collection.
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