Unidentified Man
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 8.8 × 6 × 0.4 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/16"); Support Plate: 9.3 × 19 × 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
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog lists Portrait, while the image shows one clearly presented, full-length sitter posed for the camera.
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Face Visual · 94%
The sitter’s face is clearly visible and centrally positioned within the portrait.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The catalog lists Interior, and the image shows a constructed or staged architectural setting with a column, molding, and patterned floor.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 98%
The supplied image is rendered in a monochrome range of light and dark tones.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a photographic negative and the supplied image visibly records a posed monochrome portrait.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the support and medium as a glass plate collodion negative.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Unidentified Man. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.