Portrait of a Man
c. 1850
James Presley Ball
Associated Names
James Presley Ball
Artist, American, 1825 - 1904
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Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (visible): 6.8 × 5.6 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
mat: 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.3 × 8.2 × 1.7 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.72.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Daguerreian Society Annual Benefit Auction, Boston, MA, 30 September 2023, lot 46); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: J. P. BALL; lower right embossed: CINCINNATI