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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895
Date
c. 1860
Type
Photograph
Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
Image: 6 × 4.5 cm (2 3/8 × 1 3/4")
Sheet: 10.1 × 7.9 cm (4 × 3 1/8")
Mount: 17 × 13.6 cm (6 11/16 × 5 3/8")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Personal Attribute\Hairstyle\Afro
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Jacket
Frederick Douglass: Male
Frederick Douglass: Literature\Writer
Frederick Douglass: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Frederick Douglass: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Frederick Douglass: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
Frederick Douglass: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
Frederick Douglass: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution