Helen Josephine Mansfield
Artist
Napoleon Sarony
(1821-1896)
Publisher
G.W. Thorne
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1870 - 1890
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9 × 5.7 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)
InscribedPrinted on front: "Helen Josephine Mansfield, Sarony, 680 Broadway, G.W. Thorne, 60 Nassau St., New York"
Credit LineMuseum purchase from the Horace Goldsmith Fund
Object number90.255
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Helen Josephine ("Josie") Mansfield, born 1848; mistress of Jim Fisk and the reason for his murder.
