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Charles H. Williamson

Portrait of a Boy, c. 1858

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 7.4 × 6 cm (2 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
mat: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.4 × 8.1 × 1.6 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William L. Schaeffer, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

2015.118.1

Artists / Makers

Charles H. Williamson (artist) American, born Scotland, 1826 - 1874

Image Use

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Inscription

on brass mat, lower left embossed: C.H. WILLIAMSON / BROOKLYN, N.Y.

Provenance

William L. Schaeffer, Chester, CT; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Schaeffer, William L.

Exhibition History

2015: Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

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