James Duncan Graham
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Object Details
- Attribution
- John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857
- Sitter
- James Duncan Graham, 4 Apr 1799 - 28 Dec 1865
- Exhibition Label
- James Duncan Graham was a Virginia-born army officer who had graduated from West Point in 1817 and served on several surveying and scientific expeditions to the American West. He later became one of the founders of the army’s topographical section and was valued for his mapmaking skills.
- Welsh-born photographer John Plumbe Jr. helped demonstrate the commercial viability of photography by establishing a network of daguerreian galleries throughout the country, including one in Washington, D.C. (1844). He specialized in portraits of government officials, such as this one of Graham, and landmarks, taking the first image of the U.S. Capitol. Plumbe was fascinated by the American West, which may have been another connection between him and Graham.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1843
- Object number
- NPG.2004.135
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Three-quarter-plate daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- Image (Verified): 16.5 × 13.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 5/16")
- Case open (Verified): 17.8 × 31.1 × 0.8 cm (7 × 12 1/4 × 5/16")
- Case closed (Verified): 17.8 × 15.7 × 1.9 cm (7 × 6 3/16 × 3/4")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Printed Material\Book
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
- Weapon\Sword
- Printed Material\Map
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass
- Cased object
- James Duncan Graham: Male
- James Duncan Graham: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer
- James Duncan Graham: Science and Technology\Engineer\Topographer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2004.135
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44a50b4d9-416f-4720-b81c-44c089bf6556
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