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Silhouettes of members of the Ireland family,
1820s, printed 1860s
Predating the rise of photography, hollow-cut silhouettes had long been a popular form of portraiture in the United States. Often produced by itinerant silhouettists, such images were traded and kept in albums documenting family relationships and friendships. The silhouettes of the Ireland family were cut in the 1820s, and they were reproduced using the new medium of photography in the 1860s. The seven-and-a-half-year-old Joseph N. Ireland at center was in his forties at the time of the image’s printing.
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1820s, printed 1860s
North America, United States, New York, possibly New York
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"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2007," in "More than one: photographs in sequence," special issue, <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 67 (2008): p. 96-119.<br>, p. 118
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Joel Smith, "More than One: Sources of Serialism," in "More than One: Photographs in Sequence," special issue,<em> Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 67 (2008): 8–29., p.16, fig. 16
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Donna Gustafson, <em>Striking resemblance: the changing art of portraiture</em>, (New Brunswick: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, 2014).
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