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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
George Gibbs, 17 Jul 1815 - 09 Apr 1873
Date
c. 1860
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 9.9 × 5.6 cm (3 7/8 × 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.3 × 6.2 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/16")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Home Furnishings\Drape
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Autograph
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Home Furnishings\Tablecloth
George Gibbs: Male
George Gibbs: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Anthropologist\Ethnologist
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution