Charles and Lavinia Stratton
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Image: 7.7 × 6.5 cm (3 1/16 × 2 9/16"); Plate: 7.7 × 13 × 0.3 cm (3 1/16 × 5 1/8 × 1/8"); Support Plate: 9.7 × 19 × 0.5 cm (3 13/16 × 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
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Group Portrait Both · 99%
The image presents two sitters posed together, and the catalog title identifies them as Charles and Lavinia Stratton.
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Portrait Metadata · 98%
The catalog explicitly classifies the subject as a portrait and titles the object “Charles and Lavinia Stratton.”
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Performing Arts Metadata · 94%
The catalog identifies both Charles and Lavinia Stratton as performers in the performing arts; the image presents them in a posed studio portrait rather than during a performance.
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Related to Fashion Both · 96%
The sitters’ formal clothing and accessories are prominent, including Lavinia’s dress, veil, floral headdress, gloves, and jewelry and Charles’s suit and bow tie; the catalog lists costume and related accessories.
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Interiors Both · 87%
A studio interior is suggested by the pale architectural setting, molding, and column-like element at the left; “Interior” is also a catalog subject.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered in monochrome with strong tonal contrast, consistent with a black-and-white photographic representation.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The object is cataloged as a photographic negative and visibly records a posed photographic scene.
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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 · 97%
The catalog dates the object c. 1860–70 and attributes it to the Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844–1894.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog gives the place of origin as the United States, New York, Kings County, New York.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Charles and Lavinia Stratton. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.