Dr. John Whitridge
c. 1850
Artist, American, born Canada, 1823 - 1900
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): 6.7 × 5.2 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in.)
mat: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.3 × 8.1 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.24
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: MARSTERS; lower right embossed: BALTE.; by unknown hand, on paper attached to velvet lining inside of case in graphite: Dr. John Whitridge / Father Alice Lee "; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF14H