Portrait of Gideon Welles, 1863-1865
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Artifact Overview
Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in New York City. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1863-1865
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.27
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.938 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Printed on back:
Published by / E. ANTHONY / 501 Broadway / New York./ From / Photographic Negative / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery.
Handwritten in pencil on back:
Welles / Secy of Navy / Gideon Welles
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