Eli Perkins Or Melville De Lancey Landon
Artist
Napoleon Sarony
(1821-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1870 - 1890
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (8.7 × 5.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)
InscribedHandwritten on front and reverse: "Eli Perkins". Stamped on front: "Sarony 680 Broadway"
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.239
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Eli Perkins, pseudonymn of Melville De Lancey Landon, 1839-1910; journalist, humorous lecturer, and writer.
