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

Abraham Oakey Hall

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)

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)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.92

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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.)