Portrait of a Family
c. 1895
Wertheim Imperial Studio
Artist, American, active c. 1890s
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print (cabinet card)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 13.8 × 9.5 cm (5 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
mount: 16.5 × 10.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.39.82
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left on mount printed in black ink: Wertheim; lower right: IMPERIAL STUDIO, / 21 E. BALTO. ST. BALTIMORE, MD.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: RK07; upper left perpendicular: 11/15E / AF042; by Theodore Davis, along left edge in black ink: This is mother Kind folks / Wrote Bye [sic] Theodore when / he was 12 years old; along right edge in graphite: Wrote By Theodore Davis