Portrait of a Family

c. 1860

Henry Pollock

Artist, American, born 1810

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 8.6 × 6.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
    mat: 10.6 × 8.3 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
    case (closed): 12 × 9.6 × 2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.146.9

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 unknown hand, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: 5LH / 1; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: Pair / 5RHH; top edge: KC108

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