Captain Gideon Lane

November 16, 1855

Hamilton Campbell

Artist, American, 1812 - 1863

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    ambrotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathleen, Melissa and Pamela Stegeman

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 8.8 × 7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
    mat: 10.7 × 8.2 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
    case (closed): 11.8 × 9.4 × 2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 11/16 × 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.133.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Melissa and Kathleen Stegeman, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, in graphite on paper behind ambrotype: Capt. Gideon A. [A. is crossed out] Lane _ / Aged 64 -3 / Nov. 16th 1855 / Born Aug. 31st 1791 / [star shape] E. Walker; stamped in brass frame, lower left corner: AMBROTYPE / BY CAMPBELL; lower right corner: CUTTING'S PATENT / JULY 4 & 11, 1854.

Wikidata ID

Q64144631

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