Millie Craig and Frederick H. Healey
c. 1851
American 19th Century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image (visible): 7 × 5.8 cm (2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
mat: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.4 × 8.5 × 2 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/8 × 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.39.7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, on paper found inside of case in black ink: Frederick H. Healey / at about 5 years- / Our "[B]lack [illegible]" / Millie Craig-; in blue ink: *Father of Joseph, Mattie, / Ella, Maurice & Fred-; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF12E