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Artist
John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857
Sitter
John Binns, 22 Dec 1772 - 16 Jun 1860
Date
1847
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.9 × 8.8 cm (5 1/16 × 3 7/16")
Sheet: 32.9 × 26.3 cm (12 15/16 × 10 3/8")
Book closed: 33.5 × 27 × 1 cm (13 3/16 × 10 5/8")
Book open: 33.5 × 53.5 × 1.2 cm (13 3/16 × 21 1/16")
Topic
John Binns: Male
John Binns: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
John Binns: Journalism and Media\Journalist
John Binns: Literature\Writer\Biographer
John Binns: Literature\Writer\Legal writer
John Binns: Politics and Government\Public official\Alderman
Portrait
Place
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution