Object Details
- Attribution
- Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
- Possibly
- Frederick Horner, 17 Sep 1818 - 01 May 1893
- Sitter
- Samuel Junius Abbott, 18 Sep 1833 - 29 Mar 1911
- Possibly
- Abel Gay Cook, 15 Apr 1840 - 18 Oct 1911
- Collection Description
- The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States.
- La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
- c. 1861
- Object number
- NPG.81.M2411
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photographic Negative
- Medium
- Glass plate collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Plate: 8.8 × 7.4 × 0.2 cm (3 7/16 × 2 15/16 × 1/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture
- Exterior
- Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Flowers
- Printed Material\Book
- Weapon
- Nature & Environment\Plant
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
- Equipment\Smoking Implements\Pipe
- Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Bouquet
- Container\Vase
- Weapon\Sword
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Architecture\Building\Tent
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
- Container\Box
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt
- Home Furnishings\Tablecloth
- Samuel Junius Abbott: Male
- Samuel Junius Abbott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer
- Frederick Horner: Male
- Frederick Horner: Military and Intelligence\Soldier\Civil War\Union
- Frederick Horner: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General\Lieutenant
- Abel Gay Cook: Male
- Abel Gay Cook: Military and Intelligence\Soldier\Civil War\Union
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.81.M2411
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a6b36b42-d85d-4486-b041-c30f0c520ae6
