Portrait of a Native American Man

Provenance

(sale, Cowan's, Cincinnati, OH, 21 June 2019, lot 251); Dan Schwab; Tim Kernan; Mike Medhurst, Oak Brook, IL, 2022; NGA purchase, 2023.

Portrait of a Native American Man

American 19th Century

c. 1860

Accession Number

2023.116.1

Medium

ambrotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 6 × 4.8 cm (2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.) | mat: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.) | case: 9.4 × 8.2 × 1.9 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Clinton and Jean Wright