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Attribution:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Frederick William Seward, 1830 - 1915  Search this
Medium:
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions:
Image: 9.3 × 6.4 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/2")
Plate: 9.3 × 12.7 × 0.2 cm (3 11/16 × 5 × 1/16")
Type:
Photographic Negative
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:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Equipment\Rope  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Male  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\New York  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Arts & Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this
Frederick William Seward: Arts & Culture\Literature\Editor  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Object number:
NPG.81.M3989.2
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/sm44b900043-be31-4200-b5bc-1822c2d46ff2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M3989.2