Distinguished Personages in Carriages

Date

1885, published 1886
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Contributors

Published by U. S. Instantaneous Photographic Company
Object Format

Album
Dimensions

Image: 9 11/16 x 11 5/16 in.
Mount: 14 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
c.l. in image: REV. DR. NEWMAN.
c. in image: HON. HENRY L. DAWES. \ SENATOR, \ FROM MASS. \ HON. \ JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, \ SENATOR, \ FROM \ CONN.
c.r. in image: HON. \ SETH LOW. \ MAYOR OF \ BROOKLYNN. \ MAJ. B. SIG. OFFICER, \ GEO. R. HERBERT, \ 2ND DIV. N.G.S. N.Y.
l.l. in image: HIS EXCELLENCY \ LEON ABBETT \ GOV. OF \ NEW JERSEY
l.l. in image: WILLIAM S. STRYKER \ ADJ. GEN. OF \ NEW JERSEY
l.r. in image: COPYRIGHT 1886 BY THE U.S. INST. PHOTO \ 129
Mount:
l.c. [printed]: DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES IN CARRIAGES, \ Amongst the prominent citizens in these carriages will be found Governor Abbett and Adjutant General Styker of New \ Jersey; United States Senator Dawes of Massachusettes; Senator Hawley of Connecticut; Hon. Seth Low, \ Mayor of Brooklynn, N.Y.; and the Rev. Dr. Newman, the General's faithful friend and spiritual \ adviser, at whose side sat Bishop Morris, also Bishop Potter of New York, Drs. Collyer \ and Bridgeman. 129
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1976.20.16.49
Copyright

Public domain

This artwork is part of Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant in New York, August 8, 1885

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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