Wicker Chair

1860s

Alex V. Olszewsky

Associated Names
Alex V. Olszewsky

Artist, American, active 1855 - 1865

The image displays a wicker rocking chair with a high backrest, placed slightly off-center. The color scheme is sepia-toned, creating a vintage atmosphere. The chair is on a checkered-patterned floor, with a plain wall in the background showing some texture and speckles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9 × 5.4 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mount: 10.1 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.153

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: No 1; by Ross Kelbaugh, upper right in graphite: D 12 / KL057-4; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: c. 4-30-92 1 2/4

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