Portrait of a Scientist

c. 1840

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 12 × 8.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
    mat: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
    case (closed): 15.3 × 12 × 1.6 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.66.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Greg French, Jamaica Plain, MA), 2012; NGA purchase, 2013.

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

Q64144689

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