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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
John Greenleaf Whittier, 17 Dec 1807 - 7 Sep 1892
Date
c. 1855
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 22.5 × 18.6 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/16")
Sheet/Mount: 27.8 × 20.8 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/16")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
John Greenleaf Whittier: Male
John Greenleaf Whittier: Literature\Writer\Poet
John Greenleaf Whittier: Communications\Journalist\Editor\Magazine
John Greenleaf Whittier: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution