John Bartholomew Gough
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(American, 1823-1894)
CultureAmerican
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9.1 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9.1 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedLogo printed on reverse: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO / 587 / Broadway, / NEW YORK. / 108 Calle de la Habana, / HABANA. / 31 Passage du Havre, /PARIS.'. Written in ink on image at top: "John B. Gough". Logo is printed in pale yellow.
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.128
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter-length seated portrait of John Bartholomew Gough (1812-1886), writer, Temperance lecturer. This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular; the face of the card is bordered by double gilt lines. Mr. Gough faces the camera, turned slightly to his proper right. He has light hair and dark beard.
