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John Sartain photograph, 1876

Permanent ID:
13750
Date:
1876
Image Description:
A portrait of John Sartain (1816-1890) from the second of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Sartain was an artist who pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States.  He published Sartain's Union Magazine.  Sartain had charge of the art department of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, in 1876.

This digital record contains one image that depicts one portrait from box 115 (labeled as: Representative Men in Phila. 1876").
Address:
914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 30 cm, Height: 36 cm
Collection:
Herbert Welsh Collection
Related People or Organizations:
John Sartain, 1808-1897 (depicted)
W. Curtis Taylor And Company (creator)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Sartain, John, 1808-1897 [info:lc/authorities/names/n83227223]
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/n50057204]