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General Benjamin Franklin Butler
Portrait of a Gentleman (Gen. B.F. Butler)
General Benjamin Franklin Butler
Notman Photographic Company, Boston (active 1880–1930)
Canadian
1882-1894
Medium/Technique
Platinum print
Dimensions
Mounted: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Image: 21 × 13.9 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Image: 21 × 13.9 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Notman Photographic Co.
Accession NumberM8258
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left, in letterpress: William Notman & Son / Photographers to the Queen
Lower center, in letterpress: V [crown] R
Lower right, in letterpress: 17 Bleury Street / Montreal.
Lower left, in graphite: Mezzo or Platinum print -
Lower center, in letterpress: V [crown] R
Lower right, in letterpress: 17 Bleury Street / Montreal.
Lower left, in graphite: Mezzo or Platinum print -
Provenance1892, gift of Notman Photographic Company, Boston, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: March 15, 1892)