Richard Francis Burton photographic portrait
Object Details
- General note
- Ph004 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. The portrait is mounted, and matted, and enclosed in a period African mahogany frame. Included in the framed portrait is a signed document, stating at end: "Witness my hand this 10th day of April, 1890. "
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 9: Photographs
- Extent
- 1 Photograph (Black-and-white photographs; Portraits, 6 x 2.25 in. (document), 6.25 x 9 in. (photographs), 11 x 17 in. x 0.75 in. (frame))
- Date
- circa 1890
- Container
- Item Ph004
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890752-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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