Mrs. Gideon Lane, November 15, 1855

Not on View

Medium

ambrotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 8.8 × 7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
mat: 11.4 × 8.4 cm (4 1/2 × 3 5/16 in.)
case (closed): 12 × 9.5 × 2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Kathleen, Melissa and Pamela Stegeman

Accession Number

2008.133.5

Artists / Makers

Hamilton Campbell (artist) American, 1812 - 1863

Image Use

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Inscription

by unknown hand, in graphite on paper behind ambrotype: Taken Nov 15th 1855 / G.O Lane born Nov. 16 1826 / G. Oscar Lane – aged 29 / Nov. 15th 1855; stamped in brass frame, lower left corner: AMBROTYPE / BY CAMPBELL; lower right corner: CUTTING'S PATENT / JULY 4 & 11, 1854.

Provenance

Melissa and Kathleen Stegeman, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Stegeman, Melissa J.