Petersham School in Miss Laura's Day
c. 1850
Medium
daguerreotype
Dimensions
image (visible): 7.5 × 9.6 cm (2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.) mat: 9.5 × 10.7 cm (3 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.) case (closed): 12 × 10.8 × 1.9 cm (4 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2017.153.1
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 ...