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Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894
Sitter
Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881
Date
1861
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 9.3 × 5.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/4")
Mount: 10.3 × 5.9 cm (4 1/16 × 2 5/16")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat
Architecture\Column
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Interior\Studio\Photography
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
