"The Merry Bootblacks, Inauguration, Washington, DC"
1889
Artist, American, 1827 - 1909
Artwork overview
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Medium
stereoscopic albumen prints
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 7.7 × 7.7 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
mount: 8.9 × 17.9 cm (3 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.201
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
along right edge of mount printed in black ink: COPYRIGHTED 1889. BY B. W. KILBURN.; bottom center: 5065. The Merry Bootblacks, Inauguration, Washington, D. C. U. S. A.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 12.2021 UH / AF243B; center printed in black ink: Photographed and Published by / KILBURN BROTHERS, - - Littleton, N. H.