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Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894
Copy after
John Chester Buttre, 10 Jun 1821 - 2 Dec 1893
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 (Photographer)
Sitter
John Adams Dix, 24 Jul 1798 - 21 Apr 1879
Date
c. 1861
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6.9 × 5.5 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16")
Sheet: 9.3 × 5.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/4")
Mount: 10.4 × 6.5 cm (4 1/8 × 2 9/16")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
Symbols & Motifs\Star
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt
John Adams Dix: Male
John Adams Dix: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York
John Adams Dix: Law and Crime\Lawyer
John Adams Dix: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury
John Adams Dix: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War
John Adams Dix: Politics and Government\Governor\New York
John Adams Dix: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
John Adams Dix: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State
John Adams Dix: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
John Adams Dix: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
