Portrait of a Man
c. 1850
Augustus Washington
Associated Names
Augustus Washington
Artist, American, 1820/1821 - 1875
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On View
West Building, Ground Floor, Gallery G30
Artwork overview
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Medium
daguerreotype
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (visible): 12.1 × 9.1 cm (4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
mat: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
case (closed): 15.2 × 12.1 × 2 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.72.9
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Heritage Auctions, 2025); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD, 2025; NGA purchase, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on brass mat, lower left embossed: A. WASHINGTON; lower right embossed: 136 MAIN ST / HARTFORD - CT.