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Artist
Meade Brothers Studio, active c. 1840 - c. 1869
Charles Richard Meade, Mar 1826 - 1858
Henry William Mathew Meade, 1822 - 27 Jan 1865
Sitter
Henry William Mathew Meade, 1822 - 27 Jan 1865
Date
c. 1848
Type
Photograph
Medium
Quarter-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight (oval): 8.9 × 6.3 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/2")
Mat (brass): 10.5 × 8 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8")
Case open: 12 × 19.7 × 1 cm (4 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 3/8")
Case closed: 12 × 9.9 × 1.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/8 × 11/16")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Art implements
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Architecture\Column
Costume\Dress Accessory\Feather
Costume\Dress Accessory\Sash
Self-portrait
Cased object
Henry William Mathew Meade: Male
Henry William Mathew Meade: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons. Conservation made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund