Levi Strong Backus

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Sitter

Levi Strong Backus, 23 Jun 1803 - Mar 1868

Date

c. 1845

Type

Photograph

Medium

Sixth-plate daguerreotype

Dimensions

Image/Sight: 6.9 × 5.8 cm (2 11/16 × 2 5/16")

Mat (brass): 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4")

Case open: 9.5 × 17 × 1.7 cm (3 3/4 × 6 11/16 × 11/16")

Case closed: 9.5 × 8.5 × 2 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 13/16")

Topic

Interior

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie

Cased object

Levi Strong Backus: Male

Levi Strong Backus: Journalism and Media\Editor

Levi Strong Backus: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Deaf

Portrait

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Object number

NPG.2021.161

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Location

Currently not on view