Nathaniel Parker Willis
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(American, 1823-1894)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. (10 x 6.2 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.9 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.9 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedLogo printed on reverse: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO / 587 / Broadway, / NEW YORK. / 108 Calle de la Habana, / HABANA. / 31 Passage du Havre, /PARIS.'. Written in pencil, top reverse: "N.P. Willis". Handwritten in ink below image on mount:"N. P. Willis". Logo is printed in gray.
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.124
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter-length standing portrait of Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867), journalist, editor, writer, poet. This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular; the face of the card is bordered by double brown lines (double lines visible at top and bottom, and partially visible down left side). Mr. Willis faces the camera, turned slightly to his proper left; left hand rests on a chair back and right hand on waist holding a hat. He has dark hair and beard.
