Frederick Douglass

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified Artist (Engraver)

Copy after

Gentile

Sitter

Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family

Date

April 21, 1877

Object number

NPG.2018.148

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Medium

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

Image: 13.5 × 11 cm (5 5/16 × 4 5/16")

Sheet: 19.5 × 17 cm (7 11/16 × 6 11/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard

Frederick Douglass: Male

Frederick Douglass: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer

Frederick Douglass: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer

Frederick Douglass: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher

Frederick Douglass: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister

Frederick Douglass: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist

Frederick Douglass: Law and Crime\Enslaved person

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4dae2a5b5-99ed-40c8-89e6-e8f30ac84857

Record ID

npg_NPG.2018.148