Portrait of Two Men
c. 1860
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
ambrotype 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): 7 × 5.5 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
mat: 8.4 × 7 cm (3 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.4 × 8.3 × 1.9 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.32
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF018A