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Portrait of a Woman

1850s

American 19th Century

Associated Names

American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows an older woman sitting upright in a wooden chair. She has a serene expression and is wearing a dark long-sleeved dress with a white collar and a decorative ribbon at the neck. Her hair is styled back and covered by a white cap. The woman's right arm is resting on the chair's arm and her left hand is holding a cylindrical object in her lap. The frame around the photograph is ornate and gilded, and the background is plain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

daguerreotype
Credit Line

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

image (visible): 6.7 × 5.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
mat: 8.1 × 6.9 cm (3 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
case (closed): 9.5 × 8.2 × 2.1 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2023.39.243

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.

Inscriptions

by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF435

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