G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9.5 × 5.9 × 0.2 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16 × 1/16"); Support Plate: 9.5 × 18.9 × 0.2 cm (3 3/4 × 7 7/16 × 1/16")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Group Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a portrait of G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren, and the image visibly presents two posed sitters together.
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Performing Arts Metadata · 94%
The catalog identifies Nutt as a performer and Warren as a singer and performer.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The catalog lists an interior as a subject, while the image visibly shows a studio-like room with wall molding and architectural furnishings.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered entirely in grayscale.
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Cracked Visual · 99%
Large branching fissures and extensive fine crazing visibly traverse the plate and interrupt the figures and setting.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The object is classified by the museum as a photographic negative and photograph.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a traditional photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1860–1870.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 97%
The recorded place of origin is New York, United States.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, establishing glass as a material component of the object.
Furniture and Lighting
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Chair Both · 98%
A substantial upholstered chair is clearly visible at the left edge, and the catalog specifically lists seating and chair.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.