Young Confederate soldier
- Title:
- Young Confederate soldier
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1863
- ID Number:
- 82.044.007
- File Name:
- 82.044.007.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- cased photographs
tintypes (prints)
hand coloring
sixth plate - Subject:
- Commercial photography
portraits
commercial portraits
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits - Measurement:
- 9.5 x 8.5 x 1.8 (centimeters, height x width x depth)
- Description:
- Seated portrait of a young light skinned man in a confederate uniform, jacket unbuttoned to the waist. He's sitting primly with his legs crossed, his left hand tucked between his knees and right arm resting on a table in front of him. He has dark hair parted on his right, and is looking solemnly to the right of the camera. His cheeks have been hand tinted. The photo has a rainbow ring of oxidation radiating out from the image. It is in a brass frame with a brass hexagonal mat in a velvet and leather case.
- Notes:
- Cased sixth-plate tintype with applied color.
- Cite As:
- Unidentified artist, [Young Confederate soldier], ca. 1863. Tintype with applied color, overall: 9.5 x 8.5 x 1.8 cm. Gift of Noyes Huston, Class of 1932, 82.044.007.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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