Portrait of a Sleeping Cat

Provenance

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

Portrait of a Sleeping Cat

American 19th Century

c. 1845

Accession Number

2023.146.21

Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.5 × 5.3 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.) | mat: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.) | case (closed): 9.2 × 8.2 × 1.8 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection