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The image shows an older woman in a half-body portrait, sitting and facing forward with her body slightly angled to the side. She has prominent cheekbones, a prominent nose, and deep-set eyes. She wears a white bonnet cap, a dark shawl or cloak, a lighter-colored garment, and a white scarf tied below her chin. Her hands are clasped, with one gloved hand visible. She wears a necklace with multiple strands of pearls around her neck. The backdrop is plain and dark. The image is bordered with a gold frame.
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The image shows an older woman in a half-body portrait, sitting and facing forward with her body slightly angled to the side. She has prominent cheekbones, a prominent nose, and deep-set eyes. She wears a white bonnet cap, a dark shawl or cloak, a lighter-colored garment, and a white scarf tied below her chin. Her hands are clasped, with one gloved hand visible. She wears a necklace with multiple strands of pearls around her neck. The backdrop is plain and dark. The image is bordered with a gold frame.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Barbara Frietchie

Jacob Byerly

Date
1858
Medium
daguerreotype
Dimensions
image (visible): 6.5 × 5.2 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.) mat: 8.3 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.) case (closed): 9.4 × 8.2 × 2 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.146.3
Credit line
The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • Woman
  • daguerreotype
Provenance

Byerly Family; Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Inscription

by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: KC103

NGA object ID 227274. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.