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Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher

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Object Details

Artist

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894

Sitter

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, 14 Jun 1811 - 1 Jul 1896
Lyman Beecher, 12 Oct 1775 - 10 Jan 1863
Henry Ward Beecher, 24 Jun 1813 - 8 Mar 1887

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

c. 1861

Object number

NPG.96.79

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image: 6.9 x 5.5 cm (2 11/16 x 2 3/16")
Sheet: 8.2 x 5.5 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.2 x 6.1 cm (4 x 2 3/8")
Mat: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair
Interior\Studio\Photography
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe: Female
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Lyman Beecher: Male
Lyman Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor
Lyman Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Theologian
Lyman Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister
Henry Ward Beecher: Male
Henry Ward Beecher: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Henry Ward Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor
Henry Ward Beecher: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49a5c6251-eec2-480c-9e67-512c20516bea

Record ID

npg_NPG.96.79

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