Glenalvin Goodridge created this work using potassium cyanide. The poisonous compound is part of the wet collodion process, used to make ambrotype and tintype photographs.
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Title: Cat
Creator: Glenalvin Goodridge
Date Created: 1858/1858
Location Created: United States
Provenance: Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Medium: ambrotype
Dimensions: image (visible): 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.) mat: 8.2 × 6.7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.) case (closed): 9.5 × 9 × 2.1 cm (3 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 13/16 in.)
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