General Nathaniel Lyon
Unidentified Artist James W. Queen and Company (workshop)
Details
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- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 6.9 × 5.5 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16"); Sheet: 9.2 × 6 cm (3 5/8 × 2 3/8")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Francis James Dallett
Art Genome Taxonomy
5 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
A single identified sitter is shown in a posed full-length studio portrait; the catalog title identifies General Nathaniel Lyon and lists Portrait among the subjects.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The sitter is presented in a constructed interior with an architectural column or pedestal, drapery, and studio furnishings; the catalog explicitly lists Interior.
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War and Military Both · 99%
The sitter visibly wears a military uniform and carries a sword, while the catalog identifies him as a Civil War Union Army officer and brigadier general.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The object is visibly a photographic portrait, and the catalog classifies it as a Photograph with the medium specified as albumen silver print.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the photograph to circa 1861, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Source & rights
Unidentified Artist. General Nathaniel Lyon. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Francis James Dallett.