Portrait of a Boy and Cat

Provenance

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

Portrait of a Boy and Cat

American 19th Century

c. 1860

Accession Number

2023.146.26

Medium

ambrotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 6.6 × 5.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.) | mat: 8 × 6.9 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.) | case (closed): 9.4 × 8.1 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 11/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection