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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Samuel Pierpont Langley, 22 Aug 1834 - 27 Feb 1906
Date
c. 1895
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 18 x 15.1 cm (7 1/16 x 5 15/16")
Mount: 26.6 × 20.4 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/16")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Interior\Studio\Photography
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Male
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Literature\Writer\Scientific writer
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Scientist\Physicist
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Inventor
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\Smithsonian Institution\Secretary of Smithsonian Institution
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Scientist\Astronomer
Samuel Pierpont Langley: Science and Technology\Aviator\Aeronaut
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution