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Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison
Title
Edison's Phonograph
Artist
Alfred S. Seer Engraver, active 1859 - 1900?
Copy after
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 (Photographer)
Sitter
Thomas Alva Edison, 11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931
Date
c. 1878
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodcut poster
Dimensions
Image: 204.7 × 99.9 cm (80 9/16 × 39 5/16")
Sheet: 209.2 × 105.3 cm (82 3/8 × 41 7/16")
Frame: 219 × 114.8 × 5.6 cm (86 1/4 × 45 3/16 × 2 3/16")
Topic
Poster
Thomas Alva Edison: Male
Thomas Alva Edison: Science and Technology\Inventor
Thomas Alva Edison: Congressional Gold Medal
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.87.225
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view