Dr. John Whitridge, c. 1850

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Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.7 × 5.2 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in.)
mat: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.3 × 8.1 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.24

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

on brass mat, lower left embossed: MARSTERS; lower right embossed: BALTE.; by unknown hand, on paper attached to velvet lining inside of case in graphite: Dr. John Whitridge / Father Alice Lee "; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF14H

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.