Portrait of a Blacksmith, c. 1890

Not on View

Medium

albumen print (cabinet card)

Dimensions

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sheet: 14.1 × 10 cm (5 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
mount: 16.4 × 10.7 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.133

Artists / Makers

Joseph R. Tewksbury (artist) American, 1831 - 1894

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left on mount printed in brown ink: Tewksbury; lower center: JRT; lower right: Front Street, / FORT MADISON, / IOWA.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: KL150; upper left printed in brown ink: From the / Photographic / Studio of; center: J. R. Tewksbury; lower right: Front Street / Fort Madison, / IOWA.; bottom center: Instantaneous Photos. of Children, Large Portraits, / Family Groups and Views are my Specialties. / Prices as low as the lowest for Fine Work.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.