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Artist
Meade Brothers Studio, active c. 1840 - c. 1869
Studio
Meade Brothers Studio, active c. 1840 - c. 1869
Sitter
Charles Richard Meade, Mar 1826 - 1858
Henry William Mathew Meade, 1822 - 27 Jan 1865
Susan Johnstone Wallack, c. 1800 - 1851
Lester Wallack, 1 Jan 1820 - 6 Sep 1888
Date
c. 1860
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image (oval): 7.1 × 5.5 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/16")
Sheet: 8.8 × 5.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
Henry William Mathew Meade: Male
Henry William Mathew Meade: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist
Charles Richard Meade: Male
Charles Richard Meade: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist
Lester Wallack: Male
Lester Wallack: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Stage actor
Lester Wallack: Literature\Writer\Playwright
Lester Wallack: Performing Arts\Theater manager
Susan Johnstone Wallack: Female
Susan Johnstone Wallack: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons