The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Photographs

[Slate Roofer Holding Slate Hammer and Iron Bar]

Unknown

Date

1850s–60s

Medium

Ambrotype

Dimensions

Image: 6.4 x 5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.) Plate: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) Case: 1.8 x 9.1 x 8 cm (11/16 x 3 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Object type

Ambrotype

Classification

Photographs

Object number

2015.400.108

Credit line

Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008

The Met object ID 291947. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.