Ambrose Everett Burnside

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Object Details

Artist

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894

Sitter

Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde

Date

1861

Object number

NPG.83.284.51

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 9.3 × 5.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 1/4")

Mount: 10.3 × 5.9 cm (4 1/16 × 2 5/16")

Place

United States\New York\Kings\New York

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat

Architecture\Column

Photographic format\Carte-de-visite

Interior\Studio\Photography

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Rhode Island

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Rhode Island

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm463fa8de9-30fc-4f3f-b353-1346a2b7ca87

Record ID

npg_NPG.83.284.51