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William Hasell Wilson, Marcus Aurelius Root, c. 1850
Marcus Aurelius Root, Samuel Root, portraitMarcus Aurelius Root, Samuel RootAmerican, 1808–1888

William Hasell Wilson

c. 1850 · Photograph

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

NPG
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since
Oct 5, 2026
Source
The museum's own collection data
On the mapMuseum page

Particulars

c. 1850
18081888
Accession number
NPG.2012.53

What it shows

Science and TechnologyManPortraitCased objectEngineers

In the catalog

PhotographsDaguerreotypeRealism19th century

Sources

  • National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian): the museum's own open data · fetched 2 days ago
  • Image: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian) — National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (CC0)

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