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Artist
George Kendall Warren, 1834 - 29 Nov 1884
Sitter
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 25 May 1803 - 27 Apr 1882
Date
c. 1870
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 9.5 × 5.9 cm (3 3/4 × 2 5/16")
Mount: 10.5 × 6.3 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
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
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
