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Artist
Webster Brothers, active 1850s - 1860s
Sitter
Alpheus Starkey Williams, 20 Sep 1810 - 21 Dec 1878
Date
c. 1864
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 8.5 x 5.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/16")
Mount: 9.9 x 5.9 cm (3 7/8 x 2 5/16")
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button
Interior\Studio\Photography
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Male
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Politics and Government\Diplomat
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Michigan
Alpheus Starkey Williams: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution