Portrait of Two Children
c. 1858
Medium
daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions
image (visible): 8.9 × 6.5 cm (3 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.) mat: 10.9 × 8.3 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.) case (closed): 11.9 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Clinton and Jean Wright Fund
Accession Number
2022.57.2
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 ...