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The image shows two men standing and holding a chair horizontally between them. The man on the left wears a dark coat, light trousers, and boots, with a beard and mustache. The man on the right wears a light-colored shirt with suspenders and a cap, with light-colored hair. They are both holding a wooden slat-back chair, and the background is a plain studio wall with a wooden floor.
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The image shows two men standing and holding a chair horizontally between them. The man on the left wears a dark coat, light trousers, and boots, with a beard and mustache. The man on the right wears a light-colored shirt with suspenders and a cap, with light-colored hair. They are both holding a wooden slat-back chair, and the background is a plain studio wall with a wooden floor.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Andrew and Billie, Furniture Movers

Augustus E. Alden

Date
1868
Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.7 × 5.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/16 in.) mount: 10 × 6.2 cm (3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.146.105
Credit line
The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Chair
  • Labor
  • Men
  • CDV
Provenance

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

Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Andrew & Billie / 23 Vernon Street, Prov. / R.I.; center printed in black ink: From A. E. ALDEN'S / Photography Rooms, and Emporium of Fine Arts, / Nos. 59, 61, 63 and 65 ARCADE, / PROVIDENCE / [obscured] / NEGATIVES [obscured] / Additional copies [obscured] if desired.; lower center blue two-cent tax stamp; by Ross Kelbaugh, bottom left in graphite: 10 92 D.1; bottom right: KL102

NGA object ID 227381. 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.