James H. Lane
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 × 5.9 × 0.3 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/8")
- 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
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The image presents one clearly identifiable, posed sitter, and the catalog title and subject headings identify the work as a portrait of James H. Lane.
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Political Figures Metadata · 95%
Catalog subject headings identify Lane as a government official, U.S. senator, U.S. congressman, and lieutenant governor.
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Interiors Metadata · 94%
The catalog classifies the setting as Interior; the image shows a staged studio setting with furnishings.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered entirely in black, white, and gray tonal values.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The supplied image is a photographic representation, and the catalog classifies the object as a photographic negative and photograph.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a historical photographic process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog date of circa 1860–70 places the object in the nineteenth century.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the support as a glass plate.
Furniture and Lighting
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. James H. Lane. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.