Lilliputian King, with John Drummond and Professor Cromwell

Lilliputian King, with John Drummond and Professor Cromwell

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)

Details

Dimensions
Plate: 9.5 × 5.8 × 0.2 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16 × 1/16")
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • Portrait Both · 99%

    The catalog lists Portrait, and the image visibly presents posed human sitters arranged for the camera.

  • Group Portrait Both · 99%

    Three figures are visibly posed together, while the catalog title identifies the scene as including the Lilliputian King, John Drummond, and Professor Cromwell.

  • Interiors Both · 98%

    Interior is a catalog subject, and the image visibly shows a controlled indoor setting with a backdrop and patterned floor.

  • Performing Arts Metadata · 92%

    The catalog identifies Paul H. Kinney as a performer and lists Performing Arts among the subject classifications.

Visual Qualities

  • Black and White Visual · 99%

    The supplied image is rendered in grayscale with tonal variation but no visible color.

Medium and Techniques

  • Photography Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the object as a photograph and identifies its medium as a glass plate collodion negative.

  • Negative Image Metadata · 99%

    The catalog explicitly classifies the object as a Photographic Negative.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work circa 1860–1870, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Materials

  • Glass as Material Metadata · 99%

    The catalog identifies the photographic support as a glass plate collodion negative.

Source & rights

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Lilliputian King, with John Drummond and Professor Cromwell. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.