Portrait of a Shoe Salesman

c. 1880

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows a man seated on a wooden chair with one leg crossed over the other and holding an object in his lap. He has short hair, a mustache, and wears a bowler hat, a dark jacket, a vest, a white shirt, and dark trousers. Next to him is a round table with boots and a hat, against an ornately decorated wall and a patterned floor. The photograph is framed in pink with decorative designs and the number "73" at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    tintype

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 8.3 × 5.1 cm (3 1/4 × 2 in.)
    mat: 11.7 × 8 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.118

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, upper center of mat in graphite: No 3; on verso, by unknown hand, top left of mat in graphite: ORX; upper center: Observe the order is being / taken, he is getting there, in / style.; by Ross Kelbaugh, lower left in graphite: KL125

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