Governor Wade Hampton
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (9.2 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (9.2 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedStamped on reverse with Brady's logo: "BRADY'S/National Portrait Gallery/625 Pennsylvania Avenue/Washington, DC". Stamped on mount below image: "Gov. Wade Hampton./Entered according to Act of Congress in the year/1877, by M.B. Brady in the office of the/Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C."
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.88
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis carte de visite is a portrait of Wade Hampton (1818-1902), Confederate general, Governor of South Carolina. The sitter is turned slightly to his proper left; he has a very full light-colored mustache and very long straight muttonchops. Mount is rectangular with rounded corners; image has plain background.
