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Margaret Fuller

Margaret Fuller
Artist
John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857
Sitter
Margaret Fuller, 23 May 1810 - 19 Jul 1850
Date
1846
Type
Photograph
Medium
Sixth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 7 × 8.3 cm (2 3/4 × 3 1/4")
Case open: 9.3 × 16.9 × 0.5 cm (3 11/16 × 6 5/8 × 3/16")
Case closed: 9.5 × 8.1 × 1.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/16 × 9/16")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Jewelry\Ring
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Costume\Outerwear\Shawl
Cased object
Margaret Fuller: Female
Margaret Fuller: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
Margaret Fuller: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
Margaret Fuller: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Translator
Margaret Fuller: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Margaret Fuller: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Feminist
Margaret Fuller: Rulers and Aristocracy\Aristocrat\Marchioness
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.2018.3
Exhibition Label
Born Cambridgeport, Massachusetts
Widely acknowledged as America’s first major woman intellectual, Margaret Fuller was a talented editor and writer as well as an influential feminist. In 1839, Fuller accepted the editorship of The Dial, the principal journal of the Transcendentalist movement. She also launched her “Conversations,” a forum for women (and some men) to discuss topics such as women’s role in society. In 1844, Fuller became a columnist for Horace Greeley’s New-York Tribune and, a year later, she published her feminist treatise
Woman in the Nineteenth Century. After serving as a foreign correspondent in Europe (1846–50), Fuller perished in a shipwreck on her voyage home.
Nacida en Cambridgeport, Massachusetts
Reconocida como la primera mujer intelectual estadounidense de importancia, Margaret Fuller fue una editora y escritora talentosa, y una influyente feminista. En 1839 aceptó la dirección editorial de The Dial, revista principal del movimiento transcen- dentalista, e introdujo sus “Conversaciones”, un foro para mujeres (y algunos hombres) dedicado a temas como el papel de las mujeres en la sociedad. Pasó a ser columnista del New-York Tribune de Horace Greeley en 1844 y un año después publicó su tratado feminista Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Luego de desempeñarse como corresponsal en Europa (1846–50), Fuller pereció en un naufragio cuando regresaba a Estados Unidos.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view