Parade Marshal, Dayton, Ohio

1846

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows a person riding a horse in the foreground. The individual is sitting upright on the horse, holding the reins with one hand. The person appears to be wearing a top hat, a long coat, and a dark hat. In the background, there is a crowd of people standing on the sidewalk in front of a building with windows and signage. The street is unpaved, with storefronts and bystanders in the area.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 8.8 × 7.6 cm (3 7/16 × 3 in.)
    mat: 10.2 × 9 cm (4 × 3 9/16 in.)
    framed: 25.6 × 24 × 4.5 cm (10 1/16 × 9 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.57.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Greg French, Jamaica Plain, MA); Casey A. Waters, Exeter, NH, 2013; (Dennis A. Waters, Exeter, NH), 31 January 2014; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Wikidata ID

Q64144727

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