George Armstrong Custer

National Portrait Gallery

Object Details

Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
George Armstrong Custer, 5 Dec 1839 - 25 Jun 1876
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
c. 1859
Object number
NPG.81.138
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Photograph
Medium
Quarter-plate ambrotype with applied color
Dimensions
Image: 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4")
Case open: 11.7 × 18.9 × 1.3 cm (4 5/8 × 7 7/16 × 1/2")
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Location
Currently not on view
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Headgear\Military
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Weapon\Gun\Pistol
Cased object
George Armstrong Custer: Male
George Armstrong Custer: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.81.138
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm442d1ad8f-fff8-4d11-a72e-e6613cbf0a31
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