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Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Jefferson Davis, 3 Jun 1808 - 6 Dec 1889  Search this
Medium:
Quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions:
Image/Sight: 8.6 × 6.8 cm (3 3/8 × 2 11/16")
Mat (brass): 10.7 × 8.3 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/4")
Case open (half): 12.1 × 9.6 × 1.3 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 1/2")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1846
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Male  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Literature\Writer  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Politics and Government\Confederate President  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Mississippi  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Politics and Government\US Senator\Mississippi  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this
Jefferson Davis: Politics and Government\Governor\Mississippi  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Albert F. Ganier, Jr., Mrs. E.C. Notebaert and Roger Ganier
Object number:
NPG.86.160
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 134
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4684330a9-7295-405b-8f66-a93a0a0f4029
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.86.160