Portrait of Plumbers

c. 1890

Charles A. Henkel

Associated Names
Charles A. Henkel

Artist, American, born 1856

Two men are sitting on the ground. The man on the left has short hair and a mustache, holding a tool and wearing a striped shirt with suspenders. The man on the right has slightly longer hair and a mustache, and he is facing forward wearing a light-colored shirt and dark trousers with suspenders. Various tools and objects are scattered on the floor around them. The background is a decorated wall typical of studio photography backdrops, and the floor has a patterned design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (cabinet card)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 14.4 × 10 cm (5 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
    mount: 16.5 × 10.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.124

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in gold: Henkel; lower right: 345 Palisade Ave., / Jersey City Heights, N. J.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper left in graphite: KL [underlined] KL132; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 1880-90 Photo / of Jersey City Plumbers

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