Unidentified Man
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 8.8 × 5.9 × 0.2 cm (3 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/16"); Support Plate: 9.4 × 19.1 × 0.2 cm (3 11/16 × 7 1/2 × 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
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Portrait Both · 99%
The work is titled “Unidentified Man,” cataloged as a portrait, and visibly presents one formally posed male sitter.
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Individual Portrait Visual · 99%
A single isolated sitter occupies the central portion of the composition, establishing an individual rather than group portrait.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The image shows a staged furnished setting with drapery, chairs, and a patterned floor covering; the catalog also lists “Interior” as a subject.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered entirely in grayscale tonal values, with no visible color information.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The object is visibly photographic and is cataloged under Photographic Negative and Photographs.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a nineteenth-century photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the work to approximately c. 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the support as a glass plate in the medium description: glass plate collodion negative.
Furniture and Lighting
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Chair Both · 99%
Ornate seating is clearly visible on both sides of the sitter, and the catalog specifically identifies chair and seating as subjects.
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Table Metadata · 86%
The catalog subject hierarchy explicitly includes a table under Home Furnishings/Furniture, although a table is not clearly distinguishable in the supplied image.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Unidentified Man. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.