Title

Standing Portrait of Charles Sumner

Creator

Silsbee, Case and Co.

Files

Creator Role

creator

Description

The carte de visite features a standing portrait of Charles Sumner, United States Senator from Massachusetts and member of the Radicals, a branch of the Republican party during the United States Civil War.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

preferred

Measurement

4 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

verso, inscribed at top: SUMNER / [$35.00] verso, backmark: SILSBEE, CASE & CO. / PHOTOGRAPH ARTISTS, / 299 1/2 WASHINGTON ST. / BOSTON.

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Work Type

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

Class

CDVs

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

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

927

Digital ID

FVW_00927

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.