Object Details
Attribution
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
Sitter
James Mitchell Ashley, 14 Nov 1824 - 16 Sep 1896
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.M348.2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Photographic Negative
Medium
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions
Image: 9.2 × 6.3 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/2")
Plate: 9.2 × 12.8 × 0.3 cm (3 5/8 × 5 1/16 × 1/8")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Interior
James Mitchell Ashley: Male
James Mitchell Ashley: Law and Crime\Lawyer
James Mitchell Ashley: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
James Mitchell Ashley: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
James Mitchell Ashley: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Railroad
James Mitchell Ashley: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Ohio
James Mitchell Ashley: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Montana
Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.81.M348.2