Gustavus Vasa Fox
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(American, 1823-1894)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1865
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9.1 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9.1 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedLogo printed on reverse: "ET FACTA EST LUX / C. D. FREDERICKS & CO / 587, Broadway / NEW-YORK / PARIS HABANA / Pasge du Havre Calle de Habana / 31 / 108". Written in pencil top reverse: "Secty. G. N. Fox". Printed in purple on mount at LL: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO.". Logo printed in purple on reverse; gray checkerboard pattern. Written in ink on mount below image: "Secy of war Fox.".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.132
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter-length portrait of Gustavus Vasa Fox (1821-1883), Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln, supervised Union naval success in Civil War. This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular with slightly rounded corners; the face of the card is bordered by a single purple line. Fox is standing with his proper left arm resting on a pedestal. He is bald on top; "salt-and-pepper hair and beard.Label TextCharles DeForest Fredricks American, 1823−1894 Gustavus Vasa Fox, ca. 1865 Albumen print (photograph) Gustavus V. Fox (1821−1883) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1861−65) Museum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr. 90.132 Exhibition History"Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015.
