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Gideon Welles

Mathew Bradyc. 1860-1870

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States

  • Title: Gideon Welles
  • Creator: Attribution: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
  • Date Created: c. 1860-1870
  • Physical Dimensions: Plate: 9 × 5.9 × 0.2 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/16")
  • Subject Keywords: Legislators, Architecture, Government, Interior decoration, Communications, Portraits, Facial Hair, Headgear, Design, Column, Costume, Editors, Men, Secretary of the Navy, Journalism, Public officers, Hats, Politics, Beards, Military, Postmasters
  • Original Source: See this work of art on the National Portrait Gallery website
  • Medium: Glass plate collodion negative
  • Sitter: Gideon Welles, 1 Jul 1802 - 11 Feb 1878
  • Credit line : National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

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