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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens, 1789 - 1869
Charles Danforth, 30 Aug 1797 - 22 Mar 1876
Date
1839
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Lithograph, chalk and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 28.1cm x 21.1cm (11 1/16" x 8 5/16")
Topic
Vehicle\Ship
Exterior\Landscape
Silhouette\Cut-out
Printed Material\Papers
Nature & Environment\Water\Lake
Architecture\Building\Castle
Nature & Environment\Mountain
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens: Male
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens: Medicine and Health\Physician\Surgeon
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\College
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens: Literature\Writer\Medical writer
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President
Charles Danforth: Male
Charles Danforth: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Company president
Charles Danforth: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Railroad
Charles Danforth: Science and Technology\Inventor
Charles Danforth: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer\Textile
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
