John Jordan Crittenden
Publisher
E. Anthony
(American)
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1861
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/16 x 2 3/8 in. (10.3 x 6 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 on reverse at top: "Crittenden". Stamped on reverse: "PUBLISHED BY / E. ANTHONY, / 501 Broadway, / NEW YORK. / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC / NEGATIVE, / FROM / BRADY'S NATIONAL / Portrait Gallery." There is a paper stamp below the imprint: "McALLISTER / & BROTHER / 728 Chestnut Street / PHILADELPHIA". Handwritten below image is: "Crittenden"; at lower left on image is: "Brady / N. Y.".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.96
Not on view
DescriptionThis carte de visite is a three-quarter length portrait of John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863), U. S. Senator, Attorney General under Presidents W. H. Harrison, Tyler, and Fillmore, Governor of Kentucky. He has white hair, his left hand rests on a low table and there is part of a lectern visible behind the table. White mount is rectangular with rounded corners.
Julian Vannerson
February 19, 1853
