Portrait of a Woman and Boy
c. 1863
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): 9 × 6.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
mat: 11 × 8.5 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
framed: 16.5 × 14 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.36
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
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: AF20; upper right: 38; center printed in black ink on applied sticker: Property of Historic Graphics / Box 32831 / Baltimore, MD 21282-2831 / [phone number]; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink on applied sticker: F / 11