Portrait of Montgomery Blair, United States Postmaster General, 1861-1864
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Artifact Overview
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's first postmaster general, were popular subjects.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1861-1864
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Image published by Edward Anthony, New York City, from a negative attributed to Matthew Brady or, more likely, one of the photographers working for him.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.28
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
verso, printed:
Published by E. ANTHONY 501 Broadway New York. From Photographic Negative in BRADY'S National Portrait Gallery.
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