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

James Fenimore Cooper

Publisher E. and H.T. Anthony and Company (American, 1852-1901)

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

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)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.98

Terms

Photographic portrait
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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.