Portrait of a Man and Child

1850s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    ambrotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7.2 × 5.4 cm (2 13/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mat: 7.6 × 6.3 cm (3 × 2 1/2 in.)
    overall: 8.4 × 7.1 cm (3 5/16 × 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.79.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York); NGA purchase, 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2017

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

Wikidata ID

Q64144597

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