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Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894
Sitter
William Sprague, 12 Sep 1830 - 11 Sep 1915
Date
c. 1861
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 8.5 × 5.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/16")
Mount: 9.6 × 6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/8")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
William Sprague: Male
William Sprague: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist
William Sprague: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University trustee
William Sprague: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
William Sprague: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer
William Sprague: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island
William Sprague: Crafts and Trades\Printer
William Sprague: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde