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Rufus Anson

?–1867

WA-00051473

Mixed Media

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None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ68570354

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Three Centuries of American Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1938

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
LocationWikidata· 80%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/116458
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

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Institutional

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (3)

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Untitled (Portrait of Four Children)

1856 · Daguerreotype

14 × 10.8 cm (5 9/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Open case: 15.2 × 24.6 × 1.3 cm (6 × 9 11/16 × 9/16 in.); Case: 15.2 × 12.3 × 2.2 cm (6 × 4 7/8 × 7/8 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 14 cm (4 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Dog Posing for Portrait in Photographer's Studio Chair]

1851 · Daguerreotype

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teenage girl with bottle curls

1850 · daguerreotype, sixth plate

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

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (3)

3 published of 8 catalogued · 7 with image

Art Institute Chicago
1 publishedof 6 catalogued5 img
The Met
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img

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1 entries · 1 sources

Teenage girl with bottle curls
1850 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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