Charles Meigs
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 8.7 × 5.9 × 0.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/8")
- 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
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
A single identified sitter is shown in a posed photographic setting, and the catalog identifies the work as a portrait of Charles Delucena Meigs.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The sitter is shown within a furnished, staged setting with curtain, chair, and carpet; the catalog lists Interior as a subject.
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Medical/Health Metadata · 95%
The catalog identifies Charles Delucena Meigs in relation to medicine and health, including the role of physician.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered in black, white, and gray tonal values without visible color.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The work is visibly a photographic portrait and is cataloged as a photographic negative and photograph.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, an established nineteenth-century photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date is circa 1860–70, placing the work within nineteenth-century art.
Furniture and Lighting
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Chair Both · 99%
The sitter occupies an upholstered armchair with carved or turned wooden arms, and the catalog specifically lists seating and chair.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Charles Meigs. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.