[Dr. John Collins Warren With a Fetal Human Skeleton and Model of a Human Heart in Wax]

Person in Photograph John Collins Warren American
late 1840s
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: [Dr. John Collins Warren With a Fetal Human Skeleton and Model of a Human Heart in Wax]
  • Artist: Unknown (American)
  • Person in Photograph: John Collins Warren (American, 1778–1856)
  • Date: late 1840s
  • Medium: Daguerreotype
  • Dimensions: Visible plate: 19.2 x 14.3 cm (7 9/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
    Mat: 21.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
    Case: 23.2 x 18.3 x 3.2 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.270
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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