John Caldwell Calhoun
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(American, 1823-1894)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
InscribedHandwritten on reverse: "John C. Calhoun". Hand printed on front: "Jno. C. Calhoun". Stamped on reverse: "C.D. Fredricks and Co., 587 Broadway, New York, 108 Calle de la Habana, Habana, 31 Passage du Havre, Paris."
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.129
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a portrait of John Caldwell Calhoun, 1782-1850, Vice-President of the United States from 1825-1832; U.S. Senator; Secretary of War; Secretary of State; political theorist for the South.
