New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

John Adams Dix

Artist Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896)

Publisher G. W. Thorne

CultureAmerican

Date1870 - 1890

MediumAlbumen

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)

InscribedHandwritten on front and reverse: "Hicks". Stamped on reverse: "Sarony Heo, Photographers, 680 Broadway, New York, Napolean Sarony, Alfred S. Campbell"

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.238

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DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting John Adams Dix, 1798-1879, American political leader active in the free soil faction of the Democratic party; Governor of New York (1873-1875), soldier, lawyer.

Label TextNapoleon Sarony American (b. Quebec, 1821-1896) P. T. Barnum, ca. 1870-80 Albumen print Museum Purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr. 90.247 Beginning photography as a daguerreotypist in the 1850s, Napoleon Sarony operated a prolific portrait business in New York where he photographed many notable people of the time. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003