James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher
E. and H.T. Anthony and Company
(American, 1852-1901)
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1860S
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (8.6 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (8.6 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedHandrwritten below image: "J. Fenimore Cooper". Stamped on reverse: "Published by / E.&H.T. ANTHONY & Co. / 591 Broadway, / New York. / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE, / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.98
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is either from a painting or lithograph of the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. The portrait is waist length. The mount is rectangular with rounded corners; a single gilt line border is around the image.
