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Artist
George C. Phelps, 1846 - 1910
Sitter
William Dwight Whitney, 9 Feb 1827 - 7 Jun 1894
Date
1869 or 1870
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 5.5 × 4.5 cm (2 3/16 × 1 3/4")
Sheet: 9.6 × 5.7 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/4")
Mount: 10.6 × 6.4 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
William Dwight Whitney: Male
William Dwight Whitney: Literature\Writer\Scientific writer
William Dwight Whitney: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
William Dwight Whitney: Literature\Editor
William Dwight Whitney: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Linguist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
