Abraham Oakey Hall
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (9.1 x 5.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (9.1 x 5.7 cm)
InscribedStamped on reverse with Brady's logo: "BRADY'S/National Photographic Portrait/Galleries,/Broadway and 10th Street, New York./627 Pennsylvania Avenue,/Washington, D.C." Handwritten, reverse: "A.O. Hall". Written in pencil below image on mount: "A.O. Hall", and written in ink over the pencil inscription is: "Mayor A. Oakley Hall."
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.92
Not on view
DescriptionThis carte de visite is a portrait of Abraham Oakey Hall (1826-1898), Mayor of New York, involved in the Tweed Ring scandal. This is a full-face portrait with the sitter turned slightly to his proper right; he has "salt-and-pepper" hair and beard. He is wearing pince-nez; tweed jacket; plaid tie in loose bow at collar. Buff-colored mount is rectangular with rounded corners; image has plain background. (Note: sitter's name is spelled incorrectly in the mount's inscription.)
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