Portrait of a Boy
c. 1860
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
tintype 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): 8.7 × 6.4 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
mat: 10.6 × 8.1 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
framed: 16 × 13 × 1.5 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.33
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, antique show, Baltimore, MD); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso of frame, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper center in black ink on applied sticker: AF19; upper right: 815ECH