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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Braxton Bragg, 22 Mar 1817 - 27 Sep 1876
Date
c. 1857
Type
Photograph
Medium
Quarter-plate ambrotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 8.7 × 6.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 9/16")
Mat (brass): 10.2 × 7.7 cm (4 × 3 1/16")
Case open: 12.1 × 19.2 × 1.5 cm (4 3/4 × 7 9/16 × 9/16")
Case closed: 12.1 × 9.5 × 2.5 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 1")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Cased object
Braxton Bragg: Male
Braxton Bragg: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War
Braxton Bragg: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
Braxton Bragg: Science and Technology\Engineer\Civil engineer
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution