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

Reverdy Johnson

Artist Charles DeForest Fredricks (American, 1823-1894)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1865

MediumAlbumen

DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9.1 x 5.4 cm)

InscribedLogo printed on reverse: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO / 587 / Broadway, / NEW YORK. / 108 Calle de la Habana, / HABANA. / 31 Passage du Havre, /PARIS.'. Handwritten in pencil on reverse: "R. Johnson". Written on mount in ink below image: "Rev. Johnson". Logo is printed in blue.

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.123

Not on view

DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a half-length portrait of Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), U. S. Senator, diplomat; Attorney General under Taylor; defense counsel, "Dred Scott v. Sanford." This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular; the face of the card is bordered by double yellow lines; image has plain background. Reverdy Johnson is seated facing his proper left.

Label TextCharles DeForest Fredricks American, 1823−1894 Reverdy Johnson, ca. 1865 Albumen print (photograph) Reverdy Johnson (1796−1876) Democratic Senator from Maryland Museum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr. 90.123 Exhibition History"Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015.