James H. Lane

James H. Lane

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)

Details

Dimensions
Plate: 9 × 5.9 × 0.3 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/8")
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 presents one clearly identifiable, posed sitter, and the catalog title and subject headings identify the work as a portrait of James H. Lane.

  • Political Figures Metadata · 95%

    Catalog subject headings identify Lane as a government official, U.S. senator, U.S. congressman, and lieutenant governor.

  • Interiors Metadata · 94%

    The catalog classifies the setting as Interior; the image shows a staged studio setting with furnishings.

Visual Qualities

  • Black and White Visual · 99%

    The supplied image is rendered entirely in black, white, and gray tonal values.

Medium and Techniques

  • Photography Both · 99%

    The supplied image is a photographic representation, and the catalog classifies the object as a photographic negative and photograph.

  • The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a historical photographic process.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog date of circa 1860–70 places the object in the nineteenth century.

Materials

  • Glass as Material Metadata · 99%

    The catalog identifies the support as a glass plate.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Chair Both · 98%

    An ornate chair is clearly visible behind the sitter at the right, and Chair is included in the catalog subject headings.

  • Table Both · 91%

    A table or table-like furnishing is visible at the left, and Table is included in the catalog subject headings.

Source & rights

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. James H. Lane. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.