Portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, circa 1860
THF210601 / Portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, circa 1860
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Artifact Overview
Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, posed for this carte-de-visite in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, around 1860. 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
circa 1860
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.33
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.625 in
Width: 2.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed on back:
Text printed on back:
PUBLISHED BY / JAMES S. EARLE & SON, / (EARLES' GALLERIES) / No 816 Chestnut Street / PHILADELPHIA
Sticker with gold border adhered to back, written in pencil reads:
53. Hon. Edw_ / M / _an_
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