Portrait of a Child

c. 1850

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
    mat: 8.2 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
    case (closed): 9.2 × 8.3 × 1.6 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.97.5


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. William Rubel, Santa Cruz, CA; NGA purchase, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64144053


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