Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Daguerreotype |
Title |
Ambrose Powell Hill |
Catalog Number |
FIC2010.00058 |
Description |
Quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color of a man, seated, facing viewer's right; hair parted on subject's left, moustache; goatee; color added to cheeks; wearing double-breasted uniform frock coat, with gold leaf at collar, epaulettes, belt plate, 16 buttons visible; holding sword in right hand; insignia, epaulettes, belt plate, buttons, sword guard all gilded; color added to face; case is missing top cover; case is leather-covered wood with embossed scroll pattern around center medallion with castle and lake with boat; |
Medium |
Quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color |
Studio |
unknown |
Photographer |
unknown |
Provenance |
Photograph of Ambrose Powell Hill (A. P. Hill) in United States Army uniform, circa 1855. |
People |
Hill, Ambrose Powell (A. P.) |
Search Terms |
Virginia Culpeper County, Virginia United States Military Academy, West Point, New York Mexican War (Mexican-American War) United States Army Battle of Williamsburg Peninsula Campaign Seven Days Battles Battle of Cedar Mountain / Slaughter Mountain / Cedar Run Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of the Crater Battle of Bristoe Station Battle of Mechanicsville Battle of Gaines' Mill / First Cold Harbor Battle of Glendale / Frayser's Farm / Frazier's Farm / Charles City Crossroads / Nelson's Farm / New Market Road / Riddell's Shop Battle of Second Manassas / Second Bull Run Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville |
Subjects |
Cased photographs Daguerreotypes Photographic studios Photographs Soldiers Civil War, U.S. Photography |