Charles Kean
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 8.9 × 5.9 × 0.2 cm (3 1/2 × 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
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The image presents one identified sitter in a centered formal portrait, and the catalog explicitly identifies the work as a portrait of Charles Kean.
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Performing Arts Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies Charles Kean as a stage actor associated with theater and the performing arts.
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Related to Fashion Both · 96%
The sitter's formal clothing, bow tie, waistcoat, and chain are clearly visible, and the catalog lists costume jewelry, a chain, and a bow tie among the subjects.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 98%
The supplied representation is rendered in a monochrome grayscale tonal range.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a photographic negative and identifies its medium as glass plate collodion negative.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 99%
The catalog's identification of a glass plate collodion negative supports the use of a traditional photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to c. 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the support as a glass plate.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Charles Kean. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.