Portrait Album
1860s-1870s
Medium
bound volume of 48 tintypes
Dimensions
image (each, visible): 1.6 × 2 cm (5/8 × 13/16 in.) page size: 8 × 4.5 cm (3 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.) overall (closed): 4.9 × 8.5 × 2.1 cm (1 15/16 × 3 3/8 × 13/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Gregory Leroy
Accession Number
2012.1.1
About the Artist
American 19th Century
The artist cataloged as "American, 19th Century" represents a collective of unidentified painters active in the United States during the nineteenth century, with 380 known artworks preserved in this virtual museum's collection. These works span a diverse array of genres typical of the era, including portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, reflecting the burgeoning artistic output of ...