Portrait of a Boy

c. 1860

Henry Pollock

Associated Names
Henry Pollock

Artist, American, born 1810

The image depicts a young boy standing with one hand on a wooden chair and the other on his hip. He has neatly combed hair and a neutral expression, wearing a light blue shirt with buttons, a black bow at the collar, and grey trousers. Beside him on the chair is a straw hat with a blue ribbon, resting on top of a closed book. The background is plain and dark, contrasting with the boy's attire. The framed image is bordered in gold.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 9 × 6.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
    mat: 10.5 × 8.1 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/16 in.)
    case (closed): 11.9 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on brass mat, lower left embossed: POLLOCK; lower right embossed: BALTo.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: RGAL / 24.10; top edge: KC107

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