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Artist
Jesse H. Whitehurst, 1819 - 1875
Sitter
Robert Augustus Toombs, 2 Jul 1810 - 15 Dec 1885
Date
c. 1850
Type
Photograph
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image: 13.8 x 10.8 cm (5 7/16 x 4 1/4")
Case Open: 15 x 23.9 x 0.7 cm (5 7/8 x 9 7/16 x 1/4")
Case Closed: 15 x 11.9 x 1.7 cm (5 7/8 x 4 11/16 x 11/16")
Topic
Cased object
Robert Augustus Toombs: Male
Robert Augustus Toombs: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Robert Augustus Toombs: Politics and Government\Statesman
Robert Augustus Toombs: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War
Robert Augustus Toombs: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Robert Augustus Toombs: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Georgia
Robert Augustus Toombs: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Planter
Robert Augustus Toombs: Politics and Government\US Senator\Georgia
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
