Unidentified Man
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 × 5.9 × 0.2 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/16"); Support Plate: 9.6 × 19.1 × 0.4 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 3/16")
- 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
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The image shows a single male sitter in a formal chest-up portrait, and the catalog identifies the work as “Unidentified Man” and lists Portrait as a subject.
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Interiors Metadata · 80%
Interior is included in the museum’s subject list, although no specific room or furnishings are clearly visible in the supplied image.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered in a restricted range of gray tones without visible color.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a photographic negative and identifies its medium as a glass plate collodion negative.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 98%
A glass plate collodion negative is a historical photographic process covered by this catalog category.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the work c. 1860–70, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies the photographic support as a glass plate.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Unidentified Man. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.