Henry B. Nones

Henry B. Nones

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)

Details

Dimensions
Plate: 9.5 × 7 × 0.2 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 1/16")
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Art Genome Taxonomy

11 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    One named sitter occupies the composition, and the catalog title and subject records identify him as Henry B. Nones.

  • Human Figure Both · 98%

    The sitter is shown as a single full-length person, with his face, clothing, posture, and body forming the central subject.

  • War and Military Both · 98%

    The catalog identifies Henry Benjamin Nones as a Navy officer associated with the Union during the Civil War; the image shows formal military clothing with shoulder insignia and sleeve stripes.

  • Interiors Both · 97%

    The catalog records the subject as an interior, and the image visibly shows a staged studio setting with a wall, molding, patterned floor, drapery, and furniture.

Medium and Techniques

  • Photography Both · 99%

    The catalog classifies the object as a photographic negative and photograph, and the image visibly presents a studio portrait made through photography.

  • The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative, a nineteenth-century photographic process.

  • The supplied image is rendered in monochrome grayscale without color information.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work c. 1860–70, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • American Art Metadata · 98%

    The recorded place of origin is the United States, New York, Kings County, New York.

Materials

  • Glass as Material Metadata · 99%

    The recorded support is a glass plate, making glass the documented material of the photographic object.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Chair Both · 98%

    An ornate chair is clearly visible at the right side of the studio setting, and the catalog specifically lists a chair among the subject terms.

Source & rights

Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Henry B. Nones. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.