Howell Cobb
Object Details
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries; gift of Roger F. Shultis, 1986
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Date
- c. 1859
- Object number
- NPG.87.42.6
- Artist
- McClees & Vannerson, active 1857 - 1860
- James Earle McClees, 1821 - 1887
- Julian Vannerson, c. 1827 - 1875
- Sitter
- Howell Cobb, 7 Sep 1815 - 9 Oct 1868
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.5 × 9.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/4")
- Sheet (oval): 18.9 × 13.5 cm (7 7/16 × 5 5/16")
- Mount: 29.1 × 23 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/16")
- Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
- Place
- United States\District of Columbia\Washington
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Topic
- Interior
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
- Howell Cobb: Male
- Howell Cobb: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\Government official\Cabinet member\Secretary of Treasury
- Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Speaker of the House
- Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Georgia
- Howell Cobb: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Georgia
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.87.42.6
- Usage
- CC0
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