George Perkins Marsh
ID: 2002-32243
Creator: Brady, Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1861
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 16, Folder: 61
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Portrait of George Perkins Marsh, a Representative to the United States Congress from Vermont, an advocate for use of the James Smithson bequest to create a great national library, and member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents from 1847 to 1849. This image was probably taken shortly before he left the United States to serve as U.S. Minister to Italy. Marsh was a mentor to the second Smithsonian Secretary, Spencer Fullerton Baird.
Subject
- Marsh, George Perkins 1801-1882
- Board of Regents
- United States Congress House
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- The old negative number is SA-34, but that negative has been lost.
- The Library of Congress has a Brady glass wet collodion plate of this image in its Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). LC digital scan number is LC-DIG-cwpbh-02223. See http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/brh2003002686/PP/. The Library of Congress also has two other images, transferred from the U.S. War College in 1920. See http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664024/ and http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664023/. These were taken around the time when Marsh became a Regent of the Smithsonian.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 16, Folder: 61
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1861
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Smithson Bequest
- Portraits
- Regents
Place
Vermont
Form/Genre
Photographic print
ID Number
2002-32243
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 6.5x10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print