Portraits of America

[Thomas Carrington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1879·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain
[Thomas Carrington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1879 (Library of Congress)
[Thomas Carrington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1879 (Library of Congress)
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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 98 x 63 mm (carte de visite format)


This carte de visite portrait of Thomas Carrington was produced by Leon van Loo in 1879. The albumen print shows a head-and-shoulders view with the subject facing the camera.

The photograph is mounted in the standard carte de visite format of the period. Nothing further is known about Thomas Carrington or the circumstances of this portrait sitting.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.


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