Museum Exhibition
Conserving Photographs
Art Institute of Chicago
November 21, 2018 – April 28, 2019
Showcasing the history and conservation of different photographic processes, this exhibition highlights the critical role conservators play in preserving the museum’s photography collection.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Julia Margaret Cameron
Herr Joseph Joachim
1868, printed 1875
Carbon print
Image/paper: 32.8 × 25 cm (12 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 39.3 × 31.5 cm (15 1/2 × 12 7/16 in.)
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Julia Margaret Cameron
Mr. Joseph Joachim
1868
Albumen print
Image/paper: 31.4 × 24 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 54.8 × 39.2 cm (21 5/8 × 15 7/16 in.)
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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Napoléon Coste
1859
Albumen print
Image/paper: 20 × 23.3 cm (7 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
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Unknown
Untitled (Man in Top Hat)
1845/65
Daguerreotype
Plate: 6.3 × 5.1 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/16 in.); Case: 7.3 × 6.1 × 0.7 cm (2 7/8 × 2 7/16 × 5/16 in.)
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William Henry Jackson
Old Faithful
1871
Albumen print
Image/paper: 21.3 × 17.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Mount: 27 × 21 cm (10 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
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Southworth & Hawes
Untitled (A Woman in Bonnet and Shawl, with her Seated Son)
c. 1850
Daguerreotype
Plate: 21.5 × 16.5 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
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