Portrait of a Man, c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mat: 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.3 × 8 × 2 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.12

Artists / Makers

Glenalvin Goodridge (artist) American, 1829 - 1867

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

hallmark lower right corner of plate: [six-petal flower] DOUBLE / J [lamb holding cross] P 40; on velvet lining inside of case, center stamped: G. J. GOODRIDGE / YORK PA; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014A2

Provenance

(The Thanatos Archive Store). Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.