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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
George Lippard, 10 Apr 1822 - 9 Feb 1854
Date
c. 1850
Type
Photograph
Medium
Quarter-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 9.3 × 6.9 cm (3 11/16 × 2 11/16")
Mat (brass): 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4")
Case open: 11.9 × 19.2 × 0.8 cm (4 11/16 × 7 9/16 × 5/16")
Case closed: 11.9 × 9.5 × 1.6 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 5/8")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Costume\Stole
Religious\Cross
Symbols & Motifs\Star
Costume\Robe
Cased object
George Lippard: Male
George Lippard: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Social reformer
George Lippard: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution