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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Benjamin Tappan, 25 May 1773 - 20 Apr 1857
Mary Tappan Wright, 1851 - 1916
Date
c. 1854
Type
Photograph
Medium
Half-plate ambrotype
Dimensions
Image: 14 x 10.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4")
Plate: 14 x 10.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4")
Case Open: 15 x 24.3 cm (5 7/8 x 9 9/16")
Topic
Interior\Studio\Photography
Cased object
Benjamin Tappan: Male
Benjamin Tappan: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Benjamin Tappan: Politics and Government\US Senator\Ohio
Mary Tappan Wright: Female
Mary Tappan Wright: Literature\Writer
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mary Louise and Benjamin Wright
