Speaker Blaine
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.8 x 6 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (8.9 x 5.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (8.9 x 5.7 cm)
InscribedStamped on reverse: "BRADY'S/National Photographic Portrait/Galleries,/Broadway and 10th Street, New York./627 Pennsylvania Avenue,/Washington, D.C." Handwritten, reverse: "Blaine/Speaker"; printed by hand on mount below image: "Speaker Blaine".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.81
Not on view
DescriptionThis carte de visite is a bust portrait of Speaker of the House James Gillespie Blaine. Blaine has light hair and a dark beard; image has a plain background. Blaine (1830-1893) was Secretary of State under Presidents Garfield and Harrison; entered Congress in 1865 and served in the House until 1876, as Speaker, 1869-1875. He was U.S. Senator, 1876-1881.
