Mrs. Joseph Kelly

Charles Backofen

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Charles Backofen (American, born circa 1801, active in New York, 1850–1860). Mrs. Joseph Kelly, 1850. Oil on canvas, 41 9/16 × 35 3/16 in. (105.5 × 89.3 cm) frame: 49 3/4 × 42 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (126.4 × 108.6 × 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Virginia E. Clarke, 33.4.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Mrs. Joseph Kelly

Date

1850

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

41 9/16 × 35 3/16 in. (105.5 × 89.3 cm) frame: 49 3/4 × 42 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (126.4 × 108.6 × 6.7 cm)

Signatures

Lower left: "Charles Backofen / 1850 / New York"

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia E. Clarke

Accession Number

33.4.3

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