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Frederick Douglass

Portrait Gallery

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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; gift of Emma N. and Sidney Kaplan

Date

1876

Object number

S/NPG.91.75

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 9.5 x 5.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 5/16")
Mount: 10.4 × 6.3 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

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/sm416a47527-5c73-4e31-b63c-be30efe35ece

Record ID

npg_S_NPG.91.75

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