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Portrait of a Lumberjack

1890s

American 19th Century

Associated Names

American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows a man standing holding an ax and a pipe in his mouth. He has a mustache and wears a bowler hat, a striped shirt, suspenders, and pinstripe pants. The man stands on a textured surface with a painted background of a wooden fence, foliage, and flowers on a wooden post.

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Artwork overview

Medium

tintype
Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection
Dimensions

image/plate: 9.5 × 5.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Accession Number

2023.146.115

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper right in graphite on applied sticker: OR; center in black ink on applied sticker: KL119

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