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Samuel Heintzelman

Samuel Heintzelman
Attribution
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
Sitter
Samuel Peter Heintzelman, 30 Sep 1805 - 1 May 1880
Date
c. 1861
Type
Photographic Negative
Medium
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions
Plate: 9.2 × 6.3 × 0.3 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/8")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Costume\Outerwear\Coat
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass
Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Male
Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Samuel Peter Heintzelman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General
Portrait
Place
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.81.M269
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