Adah Isaacs Menken

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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

c. 1866

Object number

NPG.82.1

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 9.3 × 5.6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/16")

Mount: 10 × 6 cm (3 15/16 × 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

Costume\Jewelry

Costume\Jewelry\Earring

Home Furnishings\Furniture

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Printed Material\Book

Costume\Jewelry\Ring

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table

Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet

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/sm491c3d2fa-8cc8-4da0-b99a-42014803f3e0

Record ID

npg_NPG.82.1