Ralph Waldo Emerson
Artist
William Shaw Warren
(American, d. 1911)
Publisher
G.W. Thorne
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (9.5 × 5.9 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 front and back: "Emerson". Stamped on front: "Warren, 289 Washington St., Boston, G.W. Thorne, 60 Nassau St., New York". Stamped on reverse: "Warren's, 289 Washington St., Boston, Mass., Under the Superintendence of Mr. S.B. Heald".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.279
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882; essayist, poet, Transcendentalist, lecturer.
