Portrait of a Couple
c. 1855
James Presley Ball
Associated Names
James Presley Ball
Artist, American, 1825 - 1904
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Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (visible): 8.5 × 6.1 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
case (closed): 12 × 9.6 × 1.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.72.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Michael Lehr, NJ; Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: J. P. BALL; lower right embossed: CINCINNATI; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: 3-2024 / LLHH