New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

John Lothrop Motley

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)

CultureAmerican

Date1860s-1870s

MediumAlbumen

DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.8 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (8.9 x 5.7 cm)

InscribedStamped on reverse: "BRADY'S/National Photographic Portrait/Galleries,/Broadway and 10th Street, New York./627 Pennsylvania Avenue,/Washington, D.C." Handwritten, reverse: "Motley". Printed by hand on mount below image: "Motley"

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.82

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DescriptionThis carte de visite is a half-length seated portrait of John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), historian, diplomat and authority on the history of the Netherlands. Mr. Motley has his arms folded; he has salt and pepper beard and hair. Plain background CDV, mount is rectangular with rounded corners.