Photograph by
Brady, Mathew, American, 1822 - 1896
Subject of
Welles, Gideon, American, 1802 - 1878
Date
1860-1878
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)
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."
Place made
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
cartes-de-visite
portraits
Topic
Government
Military
Politics
U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c1213ed-08a6-47ae-a636-d5954dcfda44

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