James Longstreet
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9.4 × 5.9 × 0.2 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/16 × 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
6 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The image presents one clearly identifiable, posed sitter, and the museum catalog identifies the work as a portrait of James Longstreet.
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Interiors Both · 96%
A table, book, and decorative statuette are visible within the scene, and the catalog explicitly classifies the setting as an interior with furniture.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The displayed image uses a monochrome range of light and dark tones without visible color.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a Photographic Negative and Photographs, with the medium specified as glass plate collodion negative.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifically identifies the process as a glass plate collodion negative, an early photographic technique and support.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date is displayed as circa 1860–1870, placing the work within nineteenth-century art.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. James Longstreet. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.