The Hercules Family

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

The Hercules Family

Ball, James Presley

c. 1850

Accession Number

2023.39.16

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 11.1 × 8.2 cm (4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.) | mat: 13.5 × 10.9 cm (5 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.) | case (closed): 15.2 × 12.5 × 1.8 cm (6 × 4 15/16 × 11/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

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