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Robert H. Vance

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WA-00029885

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MoMA

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6088
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (6)

WattsOS

[The Great Man Has Fallen]

1856 · Daguerreotype

13.5 × 18.8 cm (5 5/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled (Portrait of Two Men)

1855 · Daguerreotype

10.7 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Open case: 11.9 × 1 cm (4 11/16 × 7/16 in.); Case: 11.8 × 9.3 × 1.6 cm (4 11/16 × 3 11/16 × 11/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

1854 · Ambrotype

Approx. 4 × 3 1/2" (10.2 × 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Portsmouth Square, San Francisco)

1853 · Daguerreotype

Sight, each image: 6.9 × 5.6 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.); Open case: 15.4 × 24.4 × 1.1 cm (6 1/8 × 9 5/8 × 7/16 in.); Case: 15.4 × 12.2 × 2 cm (6 1/8 × 4 13/16 × 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Six Men

1850 · ambrotype

image (visible): 11.5 × 8.3 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.) mat: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.) case (closed): 15.3 × 12.1 × 2.3 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Miner

1848 · daguerreotype, sixth plate

Overall: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (5)

6 published of 7 catalogued · 4 with image

Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued
The Met
1 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
Nga
1 published1 img

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1 entries · 1 sources

Miner
1848 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections4

Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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National Gallery of Art

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