Samuel Pierpont Langley

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Sitter

Samuel Pierpont Langley, 22 Aug 1834 - 27 Feb 1906

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

c. 1895

Object number

NPG.78.180

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 18 x 15.1 cm (7 1/16 x 5 15/16")

Mount: 26.6 × 20.4 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard

Interior\Studio\Photography

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Male

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Scientific writer

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Scientist\Physicist

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Inventor

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Administrator\Smithsonian Institution\Secretary of Smithsonian Institution

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Scientist\Astronomer

Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Aviator\Aeronaut

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4faafc969-7034-44c4-8b2a-ac09395d6a24

Record ID

npg_NPG.78.180