Portrait of a Boy
c. 1858
Artist, American, born Scotland, 1826 - 1874
Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype with applied color
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
2015.118.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William L. Schaeffer, Chester, CT; gift to NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2015
Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: C.H. WILLIAMSON / BROOKLYN, N.Y.
Wikidata ID
Q64145750