Portrait of a Man and Woman

Provenance

Janet Lehr, East Hampton, NY; Mary and Dan Solomon, Dana Point, CA; gift to NGA, 2025.

Portrait of a Man and Woman

Root, Marcus Aurelius

c. 1848

Accession Number

2025.12.4

Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 8.9 × 6.6 cm (3 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.) | mat: 10.6 × 8 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.) | case (closed): 11.8 × 9.4 × 1.9 cm (4 5/8 × 3 11/16 × 3/4 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon