George U. Morris
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9.2 × 6.3 × 0.3 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 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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Portrait Both · 99%
The title identifies George U. Morris, the catalog classifies the work as a portrait, and the image visibly presents a single posed sitter.
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog names George Upham Morris as the subject, while the image shows one individualized sitter rather than a group.
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War and Military Both · 96%
The catalog identifies the sitter in connection with the Navy, and the image shows him wearing a formal naval or military uniform.
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Interiors Both · 98%
The catalog lists an interior, and the image shows a staged indoor setting with a floor, backdrop, curtain, and architectural pedestal.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The supplied image is rendered in a monochrome range of black, white, and gray tones.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The object is cataloged as a photographic negative and photograph, specifically a glass plate collodion negative.
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Traditional Photographic Techniques Metadata · 97%
The catalog 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 dates the object to approximately 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog records the place of origin as Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the support as a glass plate and gives plate dimensions of 9.2 × 6.3 × 0.3 cm.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. George U. Morris. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.