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Attribution Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 Sitter John Egbert Farnum, 01 Apr 1824 - 16 May 1870 Collection Description The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States. La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU. Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection c. 1860-70 Object number NPG.81.M723 Restrictions & Rights CC0 Type Photographic Negative Medium Glass plate collodion negative Dimensions Plate: 9 × 6.3 × 0.2 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 1/16") See more items in National Portrait Gallery Collection National Portrait Gallery Topic Interior Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves Home Furnishings\Curtain Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Goatee John Egbert Farnum: Male John Egbert Farnum: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer Portrait Record ID npg_NPG.81.M723 Metadata Usage (text) CC0 GUID (Link to Original Record)