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Creator Role

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Description

The CDV features a seated portrait of Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States. In the portrait, Chase sits with his proper left hand resting on his proper left thigh. His proper right forearm rests on a table and he holds a cloth.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

4 X 2 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, below print: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by / C. D. Fredericks & co., in the Clerk's Office of the United / States for the Southern District of New York. verso, inscribed at top: S. P. Chase / [$25.00] verso, in backmark: EARLES' / GALLERIES & LOOKING GLASS / WARE ROOMS / 816 Chestnut Street / PHILADELPHIA.

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Work Type

albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

871

Digital ID

FVW_00871

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Seated Portrait of Salmon P. Chase

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