Mr. Joseph Kelly

Charles Backofen

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Charles Backofen (American, born circa 1801, active in New York, 1850–1860). Mr. Joseph Kelly, 1850. Oil on canvas, 41 7/16 x 35 1/4 in. (105.2 x 89.5 cm) frame: 51 1/2 × 45 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (130.8 × 114.9 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Virginia E. Clarke, 33.4.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Mr. Joseph Kelly

Date

1850

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

41 7/16 x 35 1/4 in. (105.2 x 89.5 cm) frame: 51 1/2 × 45 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (130.8 × 114.9 × 12.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Charles Backofen/ 1850/ New York"

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia E. Clarke

Accession Number

33.4.4

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