Portrait of a Man with a Violin and Horn
c. 1890
Artist, American, active c. 1890s
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/plate: 8 × 5.1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 in.)
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Accession
2023.39.99
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, center left printed in black ink on applied label perpendicular: J.W. WALDEN'S; center perpendicular: Sycamore; center right perpendicular: PETERSBURG, VA; by Ross Kelbaugh, bottom right in black ink on applied sticker: AF053D