General Nathaniel Lyon

General Nathaniel Lyon

Unidentified Artist James W. Queen and Company (workshop)

Details

Dimensions
Image: 6.9 × 5.5 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16"); Sheet: 9.2 × 6 cm (3 5/8 × 2 3/8")
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Francis James Dallett

Art Genome Taxonomy

5 tags

Subject Matter

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.