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The image shows a man standing upright. He is positioned facing the camera with a serious expression. The man has a full beard and dark, neatly kept hair. He is wearing a dark blue military uniform with gold buttons and red details on the sleeves, a leather belt, and light blue trousers. He wears white gloves and a sash diagonally across his chest. He holds a rifle with a bayonet attached in front of him. Beside him are several rifles forming a pyramid, with a rolled blanket and a leather pouch at the base. The background is plain.
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The image shows a man standing upright. He is positioned facing the camera with a serious expression. The man has a full beard and dark, neatly kept hair. He is wearing a dark blue military uniform with gold buttons and red details on the sleeves, a leather belt, and light blue trousers. He wears white gloves and a sash diagonally across his chest. He holds a rifle with a bayonet attached in front of him. Beside him are several rifles forming a pyramid, with a rolled blanket and a leather pouch at the base. The background is plain.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Artillery, Private

O.H. Willard's Galleries

Date
1866
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 20.2 x 15 cm (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.) mount: 33.7 x 25.5 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2009.75.3
Credit line
Robert B. Menschel Fund and the Vital Projects Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Portrait
  • portrait
  • military
Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2009.

Inscription

by unknown hand, directly under image lower center of mount, in graphite: x1034

NGA object ID 142955. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.