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Joseph D. Marsters

Martha Ann "Patty" Atavis and Anna Whitridge, 1848

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Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 9 × 6.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
mat: 11 × 8.2 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
case (closed): 12.1 × 9.6 × 1.7 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.23

Artists / Makers

Joseph D. Marsters (artist) American, born Canada, 1823 - 1900

Image Use

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Inscription

possibly by photographer, inside of case behind daguerreotype in black ink: Anna Whitridge / and her faithful nurse / Patty Ativis. / Taken about 1848 / Marsters Lexington St / Daguerreotypist; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014G

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.