Portrait of a Girl, Possibly Josephine Folks, c. 1854

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.9 × 5.5 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
mat: 8.3 × 6.6 cm (3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)
case (closed): 9.5 × 8.5 × 2.3 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.21

Artists / Makers

Tyler & Co. (artist) American, active 1850s

Image Use

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Inscription

on brass mat, lower center embossed: TYLER & CO.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: 23.12.RAJA

Provenance

The Bishop Family, Baltimore, MD. Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.