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Artist
Meade Brothers Studio, active c. 1840 - c. 1869
Charles Richard Meade, Mar 1826 - 1858
Henry William Mathew Meade, 1822 - 27 Jan 1865
Sitter
Henry William Mathew Meade, 1822 - 27 Jan 1865
Sarah A. Meserole Meade, 6 Mar 1831 - 3 Mar 1904
Date
1853
Type
Photograph
Medium
Sixth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight (oval): 6 × 4.8 cm (2 3/8 × 1 7/8")
Mat (brass): 8.1 × 6.7 cm (3 3/16 × 2 5/8")
Case open: 9.4 × 16.7 × 1 cm (3 11/16 × 6 9/16 × 3/8")
Case closed: 9.4 × 8.5 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/8 × 11/16")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Flowers
Costume\Jewelry\Ring
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Bonnet
Container\Basket
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Cased object
Henry William Mathew Meade: Male
Henry William Mathew Meade: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist
Sarah A. Meserole Meade: Female
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons. Conservation made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund
