Portrait of Three Woman Making Pasteboard Boxes

1880s

American 19th Century

Associated Names
The image depicts three women from the waist up. The central woman is standing, while the other two are seated on each side. The woman in the center has styled hair with a flower accessory, wearing a high-collared, striped blouse with a white apron. The woman to the left has tightly pulled back hair and is wearing a patterned dress with a checkered apron. The woman to the right has curly hair in an updo, looking downward, wearing a plaid dress with a white scarf. The table in front of them has stacked boxes and ribbons. The background is plain and dark.

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tintype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/plate: 8.1 × 6 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.58


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper right in graphite on applied sticker: KL032 / 1116AL; center in blue ink on applied sticker: Shoe / Brush / EM/TR


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