Portrait of a Phrenologist, 1840s

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.9 × 5.6 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
mat: 8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
case (closed): 9.2 × 8.2 × 1.9 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.36

Artists / Makers

Thomas S. Walsh (artist) American, active 1840s–1850s

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

on brass mat, bottom center embossed: WALSH; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: KL005; by unknown hand, spine of case in black ink on applied sticker: H / 2

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.