Sargent Louis Albaugh, c. 1847

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Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.5 × 5.2 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
mat: 8.2 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
case (closed): 9.5 × 8.3 × 2 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.1

Artists / Makers

Jacob Byerly (artist) American, 1807 - 1883

Image Use

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Inscription

by unknown hand, on paper found inside of case in black ink: Sargent / Louis Albaugh / Frederick Maryland / Volunteer in U.S.- / Army in Mexico / War / 1847 & 1848 / Wounded, died / after return home.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: KC101

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.