Portrait of a Man, c. 1845

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.7 × 5.5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
mat: 8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
case: 9.5 × 8.4 × 1.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.26

Artists / Makers

Augustus Washington (artist) American, 1820/1821 - 1875

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

on brass mat, lower left embossed: A. WASHINGTON; lower right embossed: 136 MAIN ST / HARTFORD - CT.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014J

Provenance

Michael Lehr, New York; Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.