Object Details
- Attribution
- Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
- Sitter
- Anna Haining Swan, 6 Aug 1846 - 5 Aug 1888
- Unidentified Woman
- Unidentified Man
- 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.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
- c. 1860-70
- Object number
- NPG.81.M1857
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photographic Negative
- Medium
- Glass plate collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Plate: 10.2 × 8.1 × 0.4 cm (4 × 3 3/16 × 3/16")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry
- Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
- Costume\Jewelry\Earring
- Interior
- Home Furnishings\Furniture
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Unidentified Man: Male
- Unidentified Woman: Female
- Anna Haining Swan: Female
- Anna Haining Swan: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.81.M1857
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ca339a25-102e-4c6f-9681-fd5bc6a5958c
