Portrait of Two Girls
c. 1860
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
ambrotype with applied color
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image (visible): 6.4 × 5.1 cm (2 1/2 × 2 in.)
mat: 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
case (closed): 9.2 × 8 × 2 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.28
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, auction, Pennsylvania, 1980s); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, on paper found inside of case in black ink: Peculiar Institution; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF15A