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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Copy after
Adam B. Walter, 1820 - 14 Oct 1875
Frederick B. Schell, 1838 - 1900
Sitter
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 2 Jun 1731 - 22 May 1802
George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, 31 Mar 1779 - 15 Jul 1852
George Washington Parke Custis, 30 Apr 1781 - 10 Oct 1857
Date
c. 1865
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 9 × 5.8 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16")
Mount: 10 × 6.2 cm (3 15/16 × 2 7/16")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Home Furnishings\Drape
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Bonnet
Architecture\Column
Home Furnishings\Globe
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis: Female
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis: Visual Arts\Artist\Silhouettist
George Washington: Male
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War
George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor
George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington: Female
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US
George Washington Parke Custis: Male
George Washington Parke Custis: Literature\Writer\Playwright
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. James S. Brust
