Portrait of Waiters

c. 1894

Bellsmith & Power

Associated Names
Bellsmith & Power

Artist, American, active 1890s

The image shows three men dressed in formal attire standing closely together. They have neatly combed hair, with two men having mustaches and one clean-shaven. They wear white suits with matching vests and bow ties, each sporting a boutonniere. The man on the right holds a cylindrical object in his left hand. In front of them is a small, round, wooden table with a decorative base, holding glasses and a carafe. The background is a plain, subtly decorative wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collodion print (cabinet card)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 14 × 10.7 cm (5 1/2 × 4 3/16 in.)
    mount: 16.5 × 10.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.135

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in brown ink: Bellsmith & Power; lower right: GROUND FLOOR GALLERY / 500 MAIN ST. / BUFFALO, N. Y.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: KL159; top right underlined: 11JH

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