Portrait of a Man
c. 1845
Augustus Washington
Artist, American, 1820/1821 - 1875
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): 7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
mat: 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.3 × 8.2 × 1.7 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.39.25
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso of case embossed: WASHINGTON / 136 / GALLERY / MAIN ST / HARTFORD; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014i