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Artist
Jesse H. Whitehurst, 1819 - 1875
Sitter
Eliza Barnwell Smith Mills, 10 Feb 1784 - 17 Sep 1862
Robert Mills, 12 Aug 1781 - 3 Mar 1855
Date
c. 1851
Type
Photograph
Medium
Half-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 12 × 8.9 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/2")
Mat (brass): 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4")
Case open: 15.6 × 24.9 × 1 cm (6 1/8 × 9 13/16 × 3/8")
Case closed: 15.6 × 12.4 × 2.2 cm (6 1/8 × 4 7/8 × 7/8")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Bonnet
Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Fur
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button
Cased object
Robert Mills: Male
Robert Mills: Visual Arts\Architect
Robert Mills: Science and Technology\Engineer
Eliza Barnwell Smith Mills: Female
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Richard Evans
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.79.71
Exhibition Label
After a distinguished architectural career in South Carolina, Robert Mills came to Washington, where he was appointed in 1836 by President Andrew Jackson to supervise construction of the Patent Office Building (now the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture). Although the plan chosen for the building's exterior was that of architect William P. Elliot, Mills designed the interiors of the south and east wings, including the great vaulted exhibition halls on the building's top floor. Mills's other distinguished commissions in Washington included the Treasury Building, the Washington Monument, and the former General Post Office on F Street.
