Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Carte-de-Visite |
Title |
Edmund Ruffin |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02125 |
Description |
Cdv studio portrait of a man, seated, from knees up; 3/4 pose, facing viewer's right; side chair visible; hair is long and loose around shoulders; wearing double-breasted civilian frock coat, unbuttoned over waistcoat; hands clasped together on top of walking stick at chest height; hat resting on man's left knee. "Mr. Ruffin / 1861" is handwritten in black ink in bottom margin on front. Handwritten on obverse, "Presented by Frank H. Elmore Mr. Ruffin 1861"; handwritten on reverse, "Mr. Ruffin of VA, [illegible] have fired the first gun. He left VA- before she seceded & came to W Caroli-na to enter the S. C. troops.; Presented by Frank H. Elmore Jacksonville, Fla"; printed on reverse, "Quiny & Co. photographic Artists Charleston S.C." |
Medium |
CDV |
Studio |
Quinby & Co. |
Photographer |
unknown |
Owner Regiment |
Regiment unknown |
People |
Ruffin, Edmund |
Search Terms |
South Carolina Fort Sumter Confederate Army |
Subjects |
Cartes de visite Executions Government Military personnel Photographs Photography Politicians Politics & government Secession Suicides |