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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
James Brown, 19 May 1800 - 20 Mar 1855
Date
c. 1844
Type
Photograph
Medium
Quarter-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 9.4 × 7.6 cm (3 11/16 × 3")
Mat (brass): 10.7 × 9.3 cm (4 3/16 × 3 11/16")
Case open: 11.8 × 21.2 × 1.1 cm (4 5/8 × 8 3/8 × 7/16")
Case closed: 11.8 × 10.6 × 2 cm (4 5/8 × 4 3/16 × 13/16")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Cased object
James Brown: Male
James Brown: Literature\Publisher\Book
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
