Portrait of a Woman, c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 5.1 × 3.9 cm (2 × 1 9/16 in.)
mat: 5.8 × 4.5 cm (2 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 7.4 × 6.2 × 1.8 cm (2 15/16 × 2 7/16 × 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.17

Artists / Makers

James Presley Ball (artist) American, 1825 - 1905

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

on brass mat, upper right embossed: J. P. BALL / CINCINNATI; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF14C-2 / 5.41 GKU

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.