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Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Alternate Title: Ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling, of New York

Artist: Shoppell, active c. 1882
Publisher: F. M. Lupton
Sitter: Roscoe Conkling, 30 Oct 1829 - 18 Apr 1888

Date: c. 1882

Type: Print

Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 7.2 × 5.6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/16"); Book closed: 13.5 × 18.6 cm (5 5/16 × 7 5/16"); Book open: 13.5 × 36.5 cm (5 5/16 × 14 3/8")

Topic: Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard; Book; Roscoe Conkling: Male; Roscoe Conkling: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York; Roscoe Conkling: Law and Crime\Lawyer; Roscoe Conkling: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate; Roscoe Conkling: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York; Roscoe Conkling: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Utica, NY; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: S/NPG.90.50.K

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

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