Grenville Mellen Dodge

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Object Details

Attribution

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894

Sitter

Grenville Mellen Dodge, 12 Apr 1831 - 3 Jan 1916

Collection Description

The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States.

La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Date

c. 1860-70

Object number

NPG.81.M671.2

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photographic Negative

Medium

Glass plate collodion negative

Dimensions

Image: 8.7 × 6.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/2")

Plate: 9.2 × 12.8 × 0.2 cm (3 5/8 × 5 1/16 × 1/16")

Place

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Headgear\Hat

Weapon

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Interior\Studio

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard

Architecture\Column

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Carpet

Weapon\Sword\Saber

Architecture\Pedestal

Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt

Grenville Mellen Dodge: Male

Grenville Mellen Dodge: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman

Grenville Mellen Dodge: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive

Grenville Mellen Dodge: Science and Technology\Engineer\Civil engineer

Grenville Mellen Dodge: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4cb267ecd-967a-41f9-95b0-7eb4fd9beb23

Record ID

npg_NPG.81.M671.2