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The image shows a book cover titled "AMERICAN ARTIST LIFE." The cover is made of brown leather with embossed gold lettering that reads "AMERICAN ARTIST LIFE." It features an ornate gold decorative border design along its edges with a pattern of swirls and leaves. The spine appears slightly darker than the front cover. The design conveys elegance and historical significance, typical of older collectible books.
National Gallery of Art · Volume
Book of the Artists. American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America
Henry Theodore Tuckerman
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- bound volume of 25 albumen silver prints and 1 engraving
- Dimensions
- overall: 34.61 × 29.21 × 7.3 cm (13 5/8 × 11 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Volume · Photograph
- Accession number
- 2016.117.304
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- albumen silver print
- Artist
- Text
Provenance
William Wilson Corcoran, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1874; acquired by NGA, 2016.
Inscription
signed by Aaron Draper Shattuck on mount following page 560, lower right below image in black ink: A.D. Shattuck; signed by Daniel Huntington in engraving following page 320, lower center below image in black ink: D.Huntington P.N.A.; bottom center of title page, pages 57, 163, 287, 541, 595, mount following page 369, 472, verso of mounts following pages 464, 522, stamped in purple ink: The Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington, D. C.
NGA object ID 193904. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.