Portrait of a Phrenologist

1840s

Thomas S. Walsh

Artist, American, active 1840s–1850s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 6.9 × 5.6 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
    mat: 8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
    case (closed): 9.2 × 8.2 × 1.9 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.146.36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on brass mat, bottom center embossed: WALSH; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: KL005; by unknown hand, spine of case in black ink on applied sticker: H / 2

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