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

Peter Cooper

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 3/8 in. (8.9 x 6 cm)

InscribedWritten on reverse: "Peter Cooper". Handwritten on front: "Peter Cooper." Stamped on reverse: "BRADY'S / National Photographic Portrait / Galleries, / Broadway and 10th Street, New York / 627 Pennsylvania Avenue, / Washington, D.C."

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.79

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DescriptionThis carte de visite is a waist-length portrait of Peter Cooper (1791-1883), inventor and manufacturer, who built the first American steam locomotive and who founded Cooper Union. The seated Mr. Cooper wears wire-rimmed glasses and has white hair and white beard. The background is plain; the card mount is rectangular with rounded corners.