Lyman Trumbull
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 × 5.8 × 0.2 cm (3 9/16 × 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
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The image shows one identified sitter in a formal seated pose, and the catalog titles the work “Lyman Trumbull” and classifies it as a portrait.
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Human Figure Both · 99%
A single human sitter occupies the central composition and is visibly rendered in detail.
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Interiors Both · 90%
The sitter is posed against a controlled studio-like backdrop with part of a chair visible, and the catalog lists Interior as a subject.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is monochromatic, using black, gray, and white tonal values.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The object is a photographic portrait, and the catalog classifies it under Photographic Negative and Photographs.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a traditional photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work c. 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies a glass plate support for the photographic negative.
Jewelry and Fashion Object Types
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Costume Accessory Both · 96%
Round eyeglasses and a visible glasses chain are present in the image, and the catalog lists eyeglasses and chain among the costume subjects.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Lyman Trumbull. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.