Eliza "Didy" Ridgely and Possibly Charlotte Gittings
1864
Artist, American, 1825 - 1896
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 9.3 × 5.9 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. Thomas Hepburn Buckler. (sale, flea market, Baltimore, MD); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper left in graphite: AF025 / From / Dr. Thomas / Buckler / Album / RHH; upper right green three-cent tax stamp applied; stamped in black ink on three-cent tax stamp: DEC / 6 / 1864 / BOSTON; center printed in brown ink: J.W. BLACK. / 173 / WASHINGTON ST. / BOSTON.