Dio Lewis
Artist
William Shaw Warren
(American, d. 1911)
CultureAmerican
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)
Overall, Support: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)
InscribedHandwritten on reverse: "Dio Lewis, Author of Our Girls". Handprinted on front: "Dio Lewis". Stamped on reverse: "Warren, Boston and Cambridgeport, Mass."
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.283
Not on view
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.
Francis N. Mitchell
19th century