Portrait of a Man
c. 1845
Artist, American, 1820/1821 - 1875
Augustus Washington
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): 6.7 × 5.5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
mat: 8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
case: 9.5 × 8.4 × 1.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 9/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.39.26
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Michael Lehr, New York; Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: A. WASHINGTON; lower right embossed: 136 MAIN ST / HARTFORD - CT.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014J