Portraits of America

[William Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

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[William Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], 1880 (Library of Congress)
[William Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], 1880 (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 shows William Fox in a head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. The photograph is an albumen print mounted on card, a common format in the late nineteenth century.

The Library of Congress catalogue dates the image to 1880, though no further details about the subject or photographer are recorded. Without additional documentation, nothing is known about who this William Fox was, where the photograph was taken, or the circumstances of the 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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