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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Theophilus Collins, 1829 - ?
David Houston, M.D., active 1858
Date
1872
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Book closed: 24.4 × 17.5 × 5.8 cm (9 5/8 × 6 7/8 × 2 5/16")
Book open: 24.4 × 31.6 × 5.8 cm (9 5/8 × 12 7/16 × 2 5/16")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Weapon\Knife
Book
Interior\Domestic\Dining room
Theophilus Collins: Male
Theophilus Collins: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person
David Houston, M.D.: Male
David Houston, M.D.: Society and Social Change\Slave owner
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution