Portrait of Telegraphers

1860s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print with applied color (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 8.1 × 5.4 cm (3 3/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mount: 10 × 6.2 cm (3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.146.107

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: KL104; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 110; center in black ink perpendicular: Compliments of / D.M. Donald [?] / & / Z. D. Ells / Telegraph operators; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: A349 (5 x 10")

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