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Artist
George Kendall Warren, 1834 - 29 Nov 1884
Sitter
Frederick Douglass, Feb 1818 - 20 Feb 1895
Date
1876
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 9.6 × 5.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16")
Mount: 10.6 × 6.3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Frederick Douglass: Male
Frederick Douglass: Literature\Writer
Frederick Douglass: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Frederick Douglass: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Frederick Douglass: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
Frederick Douglass: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
Frederick Douglass: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person
Portrait
Place
United States\Massachusetts\Suffolk\Boston
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution