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Adah Isaacs Menken

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

Sitter

Adah Isaacs Menken, 15 Jun 1835 - 10 Aug 1868

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1866

Object number

NPG.80.154

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 9.1 × 5.7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/4")
Mount: 10.1 × 6 cm (4 × 2 3/8")

Place

United States\New York\Kings\New York

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Weapon
Weapon\Sword
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Fur
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Interior\Studio\Photography
Adah Isaacs Menken: Female
Adah Isaacs Menken: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet
Adah Isaacs Menken: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Stage actor
Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49e702ad5-659c-46a7-b4ff-658637666a58

Record ID

npg_NPG.80.154

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