Portrait of a Family, c. 1860

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 8.6 × 6.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
mat: 10.6 × 8.3 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
case (closed): 12 × 9.6 × 2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.9

Artists / Makers

Henry Pollock (artist) American, born 1810

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

on brass mat, lower left embossed: POLLOCK; lower right embossed: BALTo.; by unknown hand, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: 5LH / 1; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: Pair / 5RHH; top edge: KC108

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.