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Artist
Martin O'Brien, 19th century
Sitter
Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881
Date
c. 1865
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 5 × 4.3 cm (1 15/16 × 1 11/16")
Sheet: 8.8 × 5.7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/4")
Mount: 10.2 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8")
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Symbols & Motifs\Star
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island
Portrait
Place
United States\Illinois\Cook\Chicago
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
