Portrait of Spencer Fullerton Baird

ID: 46853/oval or 2004-60740

Creator: Bell, William

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: January 10, 1867

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 2, Folder: 6

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Summary

Portrait of Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), second Secretary (1878-1887) of the Smithsonian Institution. Baird, an ornithologist, arrived in Washington in 1850 to become Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he held for 28 years. Upon the death of Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian (1847-1878), he became Secretary. In this image Baird is facing more forward and only slightly looking to the right. Baird noted in his desk diary that William Bell came to photograph him on January 10, 1867.

Subject

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Similar images, taken by Bell on the same day, are SA-61, 2004-60739 and 46853.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 2, Folder: 6

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 10, 1867

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Portraits
  • Birds
  • Museums
  • Management
  • Management--Museums
  • Museum directors
  • Ornithologists

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Portraits

ID Number

46853/oval or 2004-60740

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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