Portrait of a Girl
c. 1850
Medium
daguerreotype
Dimensions
image: 8.7 × 6.2 cm (3 7/16 × 2 7/16 in.) frame: 10.9 × 8.5 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.) case (open): 12.1 × 19 × 1 cm (4 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2013.192.1
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 ...