Samuel Clemens

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Object Details

Artist

Jeremiah Gurney, 12 Oct 1812 - 21 Apr 1895

Sitter

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 30 Nov 1835 - 21 Apr 1910

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

c. 1873

Object number

NPG.80.283

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet/Mount: 9.6 × 5.9 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16")

Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie

Photographic format\Carte-de-visite

Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Male

Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper

Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Humorist

Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm424ce693b-b853-496b-a34e-31fcb2cf68e2

Record ID

npg_NPG.80.283