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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Portrait Gallery

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Unidentified Artist

    Sitter

    Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, 14 Jun 1811 - 1 Jul 1896

    Exhibition Label

    Born Litchfield, Connecticut
    Harriet Beecher Stowe authored numerous articles, essays, and books during her long career, but it was her dramatic, antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin that brought her fame at home and abroad. First serialized in the National Era newspaper, Uncle Tom’s Cabin appeared in book form in 1852 and sold more than 300,000 copies during its first year in print. Lionized by Northern abolitionists and vili- fied by Southern slaveholders, Stowe became the subject of intense public interest. When requests for her portrait multiplied, she responded by posing for several daguerreotype likenesses that were soon copied and distributed widely.
    Nacida en Litchfield, Connecticut
    Harriet Beecher Stowe escribió numerosos artículos, ensayos y libros durante su larga carrera, pero fue su dramática novela antiesclavista La cabaña del tío Tom la que le trajo fama, tanto nacional como internacional. La novela apareció primero serializada en el periódico National Era y luego en forma de libro en 1852. Vendió más de 300,000 ejemplares el primer año. Adorada por los abolicionistas norteños y despreciada por los esclavistas sureños, Stowe fue objeto de intenso interés público. Ante las múltiples peticiones de un retrato suyo, posó para varios daguerrotipos que pronto se copiaron y distribu- yeron ampliamente.

    Credit Line

    National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

    Date

    1852

    Object number

    NPG.80.23

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    Photograph

    Medium

    Sixth-plate daguerreotype

    Dimensions

    Image/Sight: 5.5 × 4.2 cm (2 3/16 × 1 5/8")
    Mat: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4")
    Case open (half): 9.5 × 8.4 × 1 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 3/8")

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    Location

    Currently not on view

    Data Source

    National Portrait Gallery

    Topic

    Interior
    Costume\Outerwear\Cloak
    Cased object
    Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe: Female
    Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
    Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
    Portrait

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bc8baa3b-2f84-4b46-92bf-26c3d9243b28

    Record ID

    npg_NPG.80.23

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