Senator George Ellis Pugh of Ohio
Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 31.1 × 23.7 cm · matted: 55.9 × 45.7 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1997.194
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About this artwork
Photographing prominent politicians or other celebrities was an effective advertisement for the quality and prestige of a portrait studio. Whitehurst Studio opened in 1849 and soon had galleries in 12 cities, including Cincinnati, producing 30,000 daguerreotypes a year. In 1857 its Washington branch advertised it had photographed the entire Congress. To outflank competition from cheaper operators, Whitehurst, in1854, became a pioneer in America in the production of paper photographs. This is a r...
About the Artist
Whitehurst Studio (American) ( ) · 1851 –1899
1851–1899