John Dryden

1856

Robert Howlett

Associated Names
Robert Howlett

Artist, British, 1831 - 1858

The photograph shows a seated man with his arms crossed over his chest, wearing a coat and trousers. He has a beard, mustache, and cap, against a brick and wooden background. The setting is rustic with scattered stone and brick elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.2 x 16.7 cm (8 3/8 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.30.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, England); purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1993

  • Hershkowitz, Robert. "Cundall's and Howlett's Crimean Heroes." History of Photography 17, no. 1 (Spring 1993): pp. 120-121, illus. fig. 3.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper right in graphite: 40.

Wikidata ID

Q64170017

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