Photograph by:

Mathew Brady, American, 1822 - 1896  Search this

Subject of:

Gideon Welles, American, 1802 - 1878  Search this

Medium:

albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.5 × 8.8 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.1 × 10.5 cm)

Type:

cartes-de-visite

portraits

Place made:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1860-1878

Description:

This cabinet card depicts Gideon Welles on a Mathew Brady mount. Shown from the waist up, he wears a black frock coat and waistcoat over a white shirt. A pocket watch chain T-bar is visible in one buttonhole. There is text at the bottom left corner of the card mount that reads "Brady, Photo, New York." The reverse of the card mount has text that reads "Imperial Carte de Visite, / by/ BRADY/ NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY/ No. 785 Broadway, / New York, / 627 Pennsylvania Avenue, / Washington, / D. C."

Topic:

African American  Search this

Government  Search this

Military  Search this

Politics  Search this

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2018.35.2.4

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c1213ed-08a6-47ae-a636-d5954dcfda44

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.35.2.4