Theological Graduate School of Oberlin College, including John Mercer Langston
1852
Artist, American, 1812 - 1878
Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image (visible): 9.3 × 6.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
case (closed): 11.9 × 9.5 × 1.7 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.4
More About this Artwork
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Show of Shows, Louisville, KY); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
hallmark upper left corner of plate: [six-petal flower] DOUBLE / [lamb holding cross] / A. GAUDIN 40; stamped in gold on silk lining inside of case: D. BROKAW, / OBERLIN, OHIO.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF12B