Participants, Sanitary Fair, Albany, New York

1864

Churchill & Denison

Associated Names
Ranssalaer Emmet Churchill

Artist, American, 1820 - 1892

Daniel Denison

Artist, American, 1815 - 1899

The image shows a group of seven individuals. Four women are seated in the front, while two men stand in the back. The women wear dresses with star motifs and headpieces. One man wears a military-style uniform, while the other wears a suit with a bow tie. Another man is seated on the left, wearing a dark suit. In the background, an American flag is displayed with an eagle emblem. The setting includes a plain wall and a patterned floor.

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On View

East Building Concourse, Galleries

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Ronald and Kathleen Perisho

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 5.8 × 8.6 cm (2 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
    mount: 6.2 × 10 cm (2 7/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.174.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: p.17

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