Mechanical Man
Artist
George O. Bedford
(American, active 1860s)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite
DimensionsImage: 3 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches (9.21 x 5.4 cm)
Framed: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (53.98 x 43.82 cm)
Framed: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (53.98 x 43.82 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.264
InscribedRegistered copyright in 1868 by the inventor, Zadoc P. Dederick.
On View
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Terms
Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 - December 30, 2007.
Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 12 , 2012- February 10, 2013, no cat.
Joseph Rainone, Art & History of American Popular Fiction (Baldwin, N.Y.: Almond Press, 2005).
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