Portrait of a Woman, c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 5.5 × 4.2 cm (2 3/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
mat: 6.4 × 5.2 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/16 in.)
case (closed): 8 × 7 × 2.3 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.20

Artists / Makers

Thomas S. Walsh (artist) American, active 1840s–1850s

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

on brass mat, center left embossed: WALSH; center right embossed: 61 WEST WASHINGTON PLACE N.Y.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF14E

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD, 1992; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.