Mary Todd Lincoln
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 8.6 × 5.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/16"); Mount: 10.2 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16"); Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Visual · 99%
The image presents one identified sitter in a posed studio portrait.
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Portrait Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly lists Portrait among the subjects and identifies the sitter as Mary Ann Todd Lincoln.
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Flora Both · 98%
Flowers are visibly present in the sitter's headpiece, bodice ornament, and dress pattern; the catalog also records Flower under Costume/Dress Accessory.
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Related to Fashion Both · 91%
The sitter's elaborate dress and floral accessories are a prominent part of the image, while the catalog records a costume/dress accessory as a subject.
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Political Figures Metadata · 90%
The catalog identifies Mary Ann Todd Lincoln in relation to Politics and Government and the office of First Lady of the United States.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a photograph and identifies its medium as an albumen silver print.
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Vintage Photo Prints Metadata · 97%
The catalog identifies the object as a carte-de-visite, a compact nineteenth-century photographic print format.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated 1861, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Mary Todd Lincoln. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.