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

Bishop Bedell

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)
Publisher E. and H.T. Anthony and Company (American, 1852-1901)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (8.6 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedHandwritten in ink below image on mount: "Bishop Bedell". In pencil on reverse at top: "B?? Bedell". Imprint on reverse: "Published by / E. & H.T. ANTHONY & Co. / 591 Broadway / New York. / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE, / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery.".
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.105
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter-length portrait of Bishop Bedell who is wearing his clerical robe. There is a chair partially visible to his right. The mount is buff with rounded corners and a single gilt line border.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
ca. 1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
ca. 1860-1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
1860s-1870s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mathew B. Brady
ca. 1870