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Artist
Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896
Sitter
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 30 Nov 1835 - 21 Apr 1910
Date
c. 1896
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11.7 × 8.9 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/2")
Sheet: 14.2 × 9.9 cm (5 9/16 × 3 7/8")
Mount: 16.6 × 10.9 cm (6 9/16 × 4 5/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Interior
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Photographic format\Cabinet card
Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Male
Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Literature\Writer\Humorist
Samuel Langhorne Clemens: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.