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Attribution:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Minnie Warren, 02 Jun 1849 - 23 Jul 1878  Search this
Unidentified Woman  Search this
Formerly identified as:
Suzie Reed  Search this
Medium:
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions:
Plate: 9.5 × 6.1 × 0.2 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 1/16")
Type:
Photographic Negative
Place:
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Date:
c. 1860-70
Collection Description:
The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States.
La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU.
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Container\Vase  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Pin  Search this
Home Furnishings\Tablecloth  Search this
Unidentified Woman: Female  Search this
Minnie Warren: Female  Search this
Minnie Warren: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this
Minnie Warren: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Object number:
NPG.81.M1342
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4670984fc-f3a0-452d-b0ae-9096e9afd5bc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M1342