Portrait of Two Girls, c. 1860

Not on View

Medium

ambrotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.4 × 5.1 cm (2 1/2 × 2 in.)
mat: 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.2 × 8 × 2 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2023.39.28

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

by unknown hand, on paper found inside of case in black ink: Peculiar Institution; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF15A

Provenance

(sale, auction, Pennsylvania, 1980s); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.