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Artist
Frederick Gutekunst, 25 Sep 1831 - 27 Apr 1917
Sitter
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 25 May 1803 - 27 Apr 1882
Date
1875
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11.7 × 8.7 cm (4 5/8 × 3 7/16")
Sheet: 14.4 × 10.8 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/4")
Mount: 16.6 × 10.9 cm (6 9/16 × 4 5/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Interior\Studio\Photography
Photographic format\Cabinet card
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Male
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Literature\Writer\Poet
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Literature\Writer\Essayist
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and Social Change\Transcendentalist
Portrait
Place
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
