Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sensitizing box
Object Number:
1954.230b
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Wood (possibly fruitwood), glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 7 in. ( 15.9 x 16.8 x 17.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on edge of box and on center bar: "150"
Description:
Square wood box with two sides bracketed on top edge to hold sliding bar with dome-shaped knob; clear glass sleeve fits inside box.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this box is of the "early type used for sensitizing the silvered plates by placing face down over the iodine crystals in the glass container."
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
