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Artist
Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1851 - 1922
Lithographer
Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son Lithography Company, active 1867 - c. 1905
Sitter
Phineas Taylor Barnum, 5 Jul 1810 - 7 Apr 1891
Date
1889
Type
Print
Medium
Color lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.7 x 18.8cm (12 1/2 x 7 3/8")
Sheet: 38.1 x 26.7cm (15 x 10 1/2")
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
