The Hercules Family
c. 1850
Artist, American, 1825 - 1905
Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype with applied color
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image (visible): 11.1 × 8.2 cm (4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
mat: 13.5 × 10.9 cm (5 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
case (closed): 15.2 × 12.5 × 1.8 cm (6 × 4 15/16 × 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.16
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2024
Greenough, Sarah. "Gifts and Acquisitions."Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 20, repro.
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: J. P. BALL; lower right embossed: CINCINNATI; by unknown hand, on paper attached to velvet lining inside of case in black ink: Mr. Christopher Hercules Sr. / Mother and Sisters, / Grandmother and / aunts of Elizabeth / and Emma Hercules. / 726 -W- Howard St. Pontiac.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: 22.11. RALH; top edge: AF14C-1