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Artist
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
Publisher
E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901
Sitter
Gerrit Smith, 6 Mar 1797 - 28 Dec 1874
Date
c. 1862
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 8.7 × 5.6 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Book
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Gerrit Smith: Male
Gerrit Smith: Literature\Writer
Gerrit Smith: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer
Gerrit Smith: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist
Gerrit Smith: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York
Gerrit Smith: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
Gerrit Smith: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Temperance
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor