Portrait of a Sleeping Cat

c. 1845

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2023.146.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

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

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