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

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright

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

Publisher E. Anthony (American)

CultureAmerican

Date1860s

MediumAlbumen

DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (10.3 x 6.2 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (8.6 × 5.2 cm)

InscribedImprint on reverse: "PUBLISHED BY / E. ANTHONY, / 501 Broadway, / NEW YORK. / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC / NEGATIVE, / FROM / BRADY'S NATIONAL Portrait Gallery". Written in pencil at top, reverse: "Bishop Wainwright".

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.112

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DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a vignetted portrait of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1792-1854), Protestant Episcopal bishop and a founder of New York University. The image appears to have been made from a lithograph. White mount is rectangular.