Mrs. Frank Foster

Object Details

Attribution

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894

Sitter

Mrs. Frank Foster

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.M2675

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photographic Negative

Medium

Glass plate collodion negative

Dimensions

Plate: 11.3 × 6.3 × 0.3 cm (4 7/16 × 2 1/2 × 1/8")

Place

United States\New York\Kings\New York

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Location

Currently not on view

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Costume\Dress Accessory\Muff

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Bonnet

Architecture\Column

Costume\Outerwear\Cape

Home Furnishings\Curtain

Costume\Dress Accessory\Bow

Mrs. Frank Foster: Female

Portrait

Record ID

npg_NPG.81.M2675

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d4999065-9cb3-4996-8b47-c4dc426d7e38