Unidentified Man
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Image: 8.9 × 6 cm (3 1/2 × 2 3/8"); Plate: 9.3 × 18.9 × 0.3 cm (3 11/16 × 7 7/16 × 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
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog title and subject list identify the work as a portrait of an unidentified man, and the image visibly centers on one male sitter posed for the camera.
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Interiors Both · 96%
The catalog lists an interior, and the image shows the sitter arranged against a studio-like backdrop with furniture and a visible floor line.
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Representations of Everyday Objects Both · 98%
A closed book and a top hat are visibly arranged on the table, and the catalog lists Printed Material\Book and Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat among the subjects.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is visibly monochromatic, with a continuous grayscale tonal range.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a Photographic Negative and Photographs and specifies a glass plate collodion negative.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a historical photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 97%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
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Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Unidentified Man. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.