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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Robert Barnwell Rhett, 1800 - 1876
Date
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Sight: 8.2 × 5 cm (3 1/4 × 1 15/16")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Goatee
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Robert Barnwell Rhett: Male
Robert Barnwell Rhett: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Robert Barnwell Rhett: Politics and Government\US Senator\South Carolina
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Totten Family
