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Kit Carson

Kit Carson
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894
Sitter
Christopher Houston Carson, 24 Dec 1809 - 23 May 1868
Date
c. 1863
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 8.3 x 5.6cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.3 x 6.1cm (4 1/16 x 2 3/8")
Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")
Topic
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Christopher Houston Carson: Male
Christopher Houston Carson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel
Christopher Houston Carson: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Trader\Fur trader
Christopher Houston Carson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Army scout
Christopher Houston Carson: Natural Resource Occupations\Guide
Christopher Houston Carson: Politics and Government\Government official\Indian agent
Christopher Houston Carson: Natural Resource Occupations\Hunter
Christopher Houston Carson: Natural Resource Occupations\Trapper
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.2005.115
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view