Portrait of a Brother and Postmortem Sister

Provenance

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

Portrait of a Brother and Postmortem Sister

American 19th Century

c. 1850

Accession Number

2023.146.23

Medium

ambrotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 9 × 6.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.) | mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.) | case: 11.9 × 9.7 × 1.4 cm (4 11/16 × 3 13/16 × 9/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection