Son of Prince de Joinville (Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orleans)

Son of Prince de Joinville (Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orleans)

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)

Details

Dimensions
Plate: 9 × 6 × 0.2 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 1/16")
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    The image centers on one posed sitter, and the catalog identifies the work as a portrait of Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orleans.

  • Human Figure Both · 99%

    A single seated human figure is clearly visible, while the catalog identifies the sitter as male.

  • Interiors Both · 98%

    The sitter is shown within a furnished studio or domestic-looking interior, and “Interior” is listed in the catalog subjects.

Visual Qualities

  • Black and White Visual · 99%

    The supplied image is rendered in a monochrome range of black, white, and gray tones.

Medium and Techniques

  • Photography Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the object as a Photographic Negative made using a glass plate collodion process.

  • “Glass plate collodion negative” identifies a historical photographic process and supports the use of traditional photographic techniques.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog dates the work to circa 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Materials

  • Glass as Material Metadata · 98%

    The catalog specifies a glass plate as the support for the collodion negative.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Chair Both · 98%

    A wooden chair with turned supports is prominent beneath and behind the sitter; the catalog specifically lists a chair.

  • Table Both · 97%

    A cloth-covered table with stacked books occupies the right side of the composition, and the catalog lists a table and tablecloth.

Source & rights

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Son of Prince de Joinville (Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orleans). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.