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Artist
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
Sitter
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881
Date
1864
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 8 x 15.8cm (3 1/8 x 6 1/4")
Mount: 8.7 x 17.6cm (3 7/16 x 6 15/16")
Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")
Note: Mat will also accomodate NPG.2007.31
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
Printed Material\Document
Baggage & Luggage\Bag
Architecture\Building\Tent
Exterior\Military Camp
Photographic format\Stereograph
Equipment\Sports Equipment\Equestrian Gear\Saddle
Mathew B. Brady: Male
Mathew B. Brady: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer
Mathew B. Brady: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West