In Focus: Conserving a Framed Group of Nineteenth Century Photographic Portraits @GeorgeEastmanMuseum
In Focus: Conserving a Framed Group of Nineteenth Century Photographic Portraits @GeorgeEastmanMuseum
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Emily Phoenix, assistant conservator, George Eastman Museum discusses the extensive conservation treatment of a framed group of nineteenth century photographic portraits. Find out how the treatment improved the appearance, ensured the long-term preservation, and provided new insight into the context and creation of these twenty-eight ambrotypes, tintypes, and pannotypes housed together. This fascinating object from the museum's collection is currently on view in the exhibition Selections from the Collection.

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In Focus: Conserving a Framed Group of Nineteenth Century Photographic Portraits

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