Portrait of a Woman

1860s

Ball & Thomas

Associated Names
Ball & Thomas

Artist, American, active 1850s - 1870s

James Presley Ball

Artist, American, 1825 - 1904

The image shows a woman standing indoors. She is facing the camera, beside a tufted chair. The woman wears a voluminous dress with ruffles and a bonnet tied under her chin. She also wears a cape or shawl and holds a small object in her left hand. The background features a curtain with a tassel, a pedestal with a dish, and a carpeted floor.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF251; center printed in black ink: FROM / BALL & THOMAS' / Photographic Art Gallery, / 120 West Fourth Street, near Race, / CINCINNATI, O.; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: L / #72 / DB


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