G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 × 6.1 × 0.3 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 1/8"); Support Plate: 9.5 × 18.9 × 0.3 cm (3 3/4 × 7 7/16 × 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
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a portrait titled “G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren,” and the image presents two named sitters in a posed studio arrangement.
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Group Portrait Both · 96%
Two sitters are shown together in a deliberately composed, frontal studio pose.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The catalog lists an interior as a subject, and the image visibly includes a furnished room with a wall, baseboard, carpet, and chair.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The image is rendered in a monochrome range of blacks, whites, and gray tones.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a photographic negative and identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1860–70, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the place of origin as New York, United States.
Furniture and Lighting
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Chair Both · 99%
A large upholstered chair with carved and turned elements is prominent at the left of the composition, and the catalog specifically identifies a chair.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. G.W.M. Nutt and Minnie Warren. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.