Ambrose Everett Burnside

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Object Details

Artist

Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896

Publisher

E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, active 1852 - 1901

Sitter

Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Mary W. Juday

Date

1864

Object number

NPG.80.310

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 8.6 × 5.6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/16")

Mount: 9.4 × 6.2 cm (3 11/16 × 2 7/16")

Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Symbols & Motifs\Star

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/sm4eb6d35e7-5f40-4944-862b-9acead1d179f

Record ID

npg_NPG.80.310