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American 19th Century

Portrait of a Housekeeper, 1860s

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Medium

ambrotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 4.7 × 3.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
mat: 6.3 × 5 cm (2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)

framed: 9.6 × 8.9 × 1.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.39

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

on verso of frame, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper left in black ink on applied sticker: 10 / JHH; upper center: KL008

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.

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