Object Details
- Artist
- Rufus P. Anson, 1821 - 21 Mar 1886
- Sitter
- Chester Alan Arthur, 5 Oct 1829 - 18 Nov 1886
- Exhibition Label
- Twenty-first president, 1881–1885
- By the time Chester Arthur became president in 1881, following the assassination of James Garfield, the daguerreotype had long been eclipsed by other photographic processes. He posed for his daguerreotype portrait more than twenty years earlier, when he was beginning to build alliances with members of New York City's powerful political machine. It was largely through these associations that Arthur would ultimately gain wealth, influence, and prominence in the Republican party.
- The maker of this daguerreotype was Rufus Anson, whose New York City studio was described in 1856 as “decidedly superior” and worthy of “the most liberal patronage.”
- 21er presidente, 1881–1885
- Para cuando Chester Arthur accedió a la presidencia en 1881, tras el asesinato de James Garfield, el daguerrotipo ya había sido eclipsado por otros procesos fotográficos. Arthur posó para este daguerrotipo más de 20 años antes, cuando comenzaba a forjar alianzas con miembros de la poderosa maquinaria política de Nueva York. Fue en gran parte por estas relaciones que Arthur llegó a tener riqueza, influencia y prominencia en el Partido Republicano.
- El creador de este daguerrotipo fue Rufus Anson, cuyo estudio neoyorquino fue descrito en 1856 como “sin duda superior” y merecedor del “más generoso patrocinio”.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1858
- Object number
- NPG.80.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Sixth-plate daguerreotype with applied color
- Dimensions
- Image/Sight: 7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4")
- Mat (brass): 8.2 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16")
- Case open: 9.3 × 16.9 × 1.2 cm (3 11/16 × 6 5/8 × 1/2")
- Case closed: 9.3 × 8.4 × 1.9 cm (3 11/16 × 3 5/16 × 3/4")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 134
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
- Cased object
- Chester Alan Arthur: Male
- Chester Alan Arthur: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
- Chester Alan Arthur: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
- Chester Alan Arthur: Military and Intelligence\Military engineer
- Chester Alan Arthur: Military and Intelligence\Militia\Officer\Quartermaster General
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.80.19
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ec067e57-fd9a-4866-a10b-32a1c994d272
