Chief Maungwudaus

Provenance

Norman Bellows; Lehr Family, November 1985; Janet Lehr, East Hampton, NY; NGA purchase (through Solomon Fine Art, Monarch Beach, CA), 2025.

Chief Maungwudaus

American 19th Century

1845–1850

Accession Number

2025.3.1

Medium

daguerreotype with applied color

Dimensions

image (visible): 9.37 × 6.35 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/2 in.) | mat: 10.16 × 7.62 cm (4 × 3 in.) | case (closed): 11.43 × 8.89 × 1.91 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund