Portrait of a Girl and Dog
c. 1850
Medium
daguerreotype
Dimensions
image (visible): 6.9 × 5.6 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.) mat: 8.2 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.) case (closed): 9.1 × 8.2 × 1.7 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection
Accession Number
2023.146.20
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
American 19th Century · 1800–1900
The artist cataloged as "American, 19th Century" represents a collective of unidentified painters active in the United States during the nineteenth century, with 380 known artworks preserved in this virtual museum's collection. These works span a diverse array of genres typical of the era, including portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, reflecting the burgeoning artistic output of ...