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)
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
Not on view
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
