John Buchanan Floyd
Publisher
E. Anthony
(American)
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1860
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/16 x 2 7/16 in. (10.3 x 6.2 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/16 in. (8.6 x 5.2 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/16 in. (8.6 x 5.2 cm)
InscribedHandwritten, once in ink and once in pencil, below image on mount: "Floyd". Written in pencil on reverse at top: "Floyd". Imprint on reverse: "PUBLISHED BY / E. ANTHONY / 501 Broadway, / NEW YORK. / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE, / FROM / BRADY'S NATIONAL / Portrait Gallery." Paper label below imprint: "McALLISTER / & / BROTHER / 728 Chesnut Street / PHILADELPHIA".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.101
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter length portrait of John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), Governor of Virginia, Secretary of War under Buchanan, Confederate General. The mount is white and rectangular (slightly rounded corners may be caused by wear).
