The everlasting portrait

Author

Krainik, Cliff

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Daguerreian annual. 1990, 21-24, 3 ill.

ISSN

0927-2577

Abstract (en)

Presents the Monument to Mary Gideon (d.1853), a sepulchral monument in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. It is apparently the only known grave marker which incorporates a daguerreotype portrait of the deceased.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- United States
• Daguerreotypes
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Congressional Cemetery||Washington, DC (USA)
• Sepulchral monuments
• Cemeteries
• Monument to Mary Gideon

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- États-Unis
• Daguerréotype
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Congressional Cemetery||Washington, DC (USA)
• Monument funéraire
• Cimetière
• Monument à Mary Gideon

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00282149

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