Phenol Fowler
Artist
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(American, 1823-1894)
Date1860s-1870s
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 1/16 x 2 1/2 in. (10.3 x 6.4 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 / PARIS HABANA / Pasge du Havre Calle de Habana / 31 / 108". Eagle motif on reverse. Written in pencil top reverse: "Fowler". Printed on mount at LL: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO.". Logo printed in green on reverse.
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.135
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a half-length portrait of Phenol Fowler. This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular with slightly rounded corners; the face of the card is bordered by a single purple line. Fowler is turned slightly to his proper right. He has white hair and beard.
