Ambrose Everett Burnside
Object Details
- Artist
- Manchester & Brother Studio, active c. 1848 - c. 1880
- Sitter
- Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1861
- Object number
- NPG.78.278
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Ninth-plate ambrotype
- Dimensions
- Image/Sight: 5 × 3.7 cm (1 15/16 × 1 7/16")
- Mat (brass): 6.3 × 5 cm (2 1/2 × 1 15/16")
- Case open: 7.3 × 12.6 × 0.8 cm (2 7/8 × 4 15/16 × 5/16")
- Case closed: 7.3 × 6.4 × 1.7 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 11/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Weapon\Gun\Rifle
- Weapon\Sword
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Symbols & Motifs\Star
- Weapon\Cannon
- Music\Musical instrument\Drum
- Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird\Eagle
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
- Cased object
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt
- Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National flag\American
- Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male
- Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
- Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
- Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Rhode Island
- Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Rhode Island
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.278
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm446ce2026-aa1b-4444-a5f3-55c90e7c9469
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