Portrait of a Sleeping Cat, c. 1845

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Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.5 × 5.3 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
mat: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.2 × 8.2 × 1.8 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.21

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: KC126; by unknown hand, bottom edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: 116HH

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.