Frederick Douglass

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Object Details

Artist

George Kendall Warren, 1834 - 29 Nov 1884

Sitter

Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1876

Object number

NPG.80.242

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 9.6 × 5.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16")

Mount: 10.6 × 6.3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2")

Place

United States\Massachusetts\Suffolk\Boston

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard

Photographic format\Carte-de-visite

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/sm44c5c3b2a-4789-4ec6-a82e-3245ce50e4e2

Record ID

npg_NPG.80.242