Portrait of Charles Sumner from photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery
Summary
Photograph shows Charles Sumner (1811-1874), United States Senator from Massachusetts, seated, facing left, hands resting in lap.
Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the print.
The text "Charles Sumner" is handwritten in graphite below the card on the album page.
Collection of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Purchased by the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Swann Galleries; 2017.
Formerly owned by Emily Howland.
Forms part of the Emily Howland photograph album, p. 1.
Tags
Date
01/01/1862
Location
massachusetts
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.