P.T. Barnum

National Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist
Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1851 - 1922
Lithographer
Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son Lithography Company, active 1867 - c. 1905
Sitter
Phineas Taylor Barnum, 5 Jul 1810 - 7 Apr 1891
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1889
Object number
NPG.72.51
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Print
Medium
Color lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.7 x 18.8cm (12 1/2 x 7 3/8")
Sheet: 38.1 x 26.7cm (15 x 10 1/2")
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Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Home Furnishings\Dishes\Plate
Home Furnishings\Flatware
Container\Tea service\Teacup
Phineas Taylor Barnum: Male
Phineas Taylor Barnum: Performing Arts\Performer\Showman
Phineas Taylor Barnum: Performing Arts\Circus Owner
Phineas Taylor Barnum: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Museum
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.72.51
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49cea1d4d-e19b-47dd-9692-80205566eafb
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