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Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes
Attribution
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
Sitter
Charles Wilkes, 3 Apr 1798 - 8 Feb 1877
Date
c. 1860-70
Type
Photographic Negative
Medium
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions
Plate: 8.8 × 5.9 × 0.3 cm (3 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/8")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat
Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Charles Wilkes: Male
Charles Wilkes: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer
Charles Wilkes: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Rear Admiral
Charles Wilkes: Science and Technology\Scientist\Earth scientist\Hydrographer
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.81.M204
Collection Description
The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States.
La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view