Portrait of a Fireman

c. 1866

Ellwood Garrett

Associated Names
Ellwood Garrett

Artist, American, 1815 - 1910

The image shows a man standing with a long-handled axe. He has dark curly hair, a mustache, and is wearing a uniform with the number "8" on the chest. He has one hand on his hip and the other resting on the axe handle. He is wearing a tall helmet-style hat with an emblem at the front. The man's feet are crossed at the ankle. In the background, there is a painted backdrop with architectural designs and a vague landscape with distant trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9.9 × 5.5 cm (3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
    mount: 10.1 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.104

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: KL097; by unknown hand, top right: 10.; upper right: 135.; center printed in black ink: The Number of this Negative is / [by unknown hand in graphite: 15216] / which please designate when ordering / Duplicates. / FROM / GARRETT'S, / Wilmington, Del. / Negatives generally destroyed one year from the / time of taking them, unless purchased; therefore / order duplicates within that time.; lower center green three-cent tax stamp with Garrett's cancellation stamp in black ink

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