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

Dio Lewis

Artist William Shaw Warren (American, d. 1911)

Date1870s

MediumAlbumen

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.283

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DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Dio (Dioclesian) Lewis, 1823-1886; physician, temperance reformer, pioneer in physical culture, author of several books including NEW GYMNASTICS and OUR GIRLS, founder of Boston Institute for Physical Education.