Charles Sumner
1870 · Chromolithograph
Image: 30.8 × 19.4 cm (12 1/8 × 7 5/8")
National Portrait Gallery
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Matthew S. Morgan
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Matthew S. Morgan was a printmaker active in the mid-nineteenth century. Working primarily in wood engraving and lithography, Morgan produced illustrations and commercial prints that documented contemporary life and landscape. His career spanned the decades of expanding print culture in America, a period when reproductive techniques and illustrated periodicals fundamentally reshaped visual communication. Details of his specific commissions, stylistic innovations, and institutional affiliations remain to be documented.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 40% · Updated 1mo ago
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
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