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Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894
Sitter
Edwin Vose Sumner, 30 Jan 1797 - 21 Mar 1863
Date
c. 1861
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 5.1 × 4.2 cm (2 × 1 5/8")
Sheet: 9.3 × 5.6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.1 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16")
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Edwin Vose Sumner: Male
Edwin Vose Sumner: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
