Portrait of Two Girls
c. 1853
Medium
daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions
image (visible): 8.7 × 6.2 cm (3 7/16 × 2 7/16 in.) mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.) case (closed): 11.8 × 9.4 × 1.8 cm (4 5/8 × 3 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dennis A. Waters, New Hampshire
Accession Number
2015.34.1
About the Artist
American 19th Century
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 ...