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Artist
Silsbee Case & Company, active 1858 - 1863?
Sitter
John Lothrop Motley, 15 Apr 1814 - 29 May 1877
Date
c. 1861
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 8.8 × 5.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.8 × 6.2 cm (4 1/4 × 2 7/16")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Monocle
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Costume\Jewelry\Fob
John Lothrop Motley: Male
John Lothrop Motley: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian
John Lothrop Motley: Literature\Writer\Novelist
John Lothrop Motley: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
John Lothrop Motley: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Linguist
John Lothrop Motley: Literature\Writer\Historical
Portrait
Place
United States\Massachusetts\Suffolk\Boston
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution