Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Carte-de-Visite |
Title |
William Wing Loring |
Catalog Number |
FIC2009.02178 |
Description |
Cdv studio portrait of a man, seated, from waist up, turned and looking to viewer's left; receeding hairline, beard, moustache; wearing double-breasted uniform frock coat, with rank insignia at collar and sleeve, wearing sword belt and sash; holding sword in crook of right arm across lap, left sleeve is empty [from amputation] and hooked to button on chest, right elbow resting on table, photo possibly from retouched negative; handwitten on obverse, "Maj. Gen. Loring"; handwritten on reverse, "Maj. Gen. Loring"; printed on reverse, "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums;" |
Studio |
E. & H. T. Anthony |
Owner Regiment |
Regiment unknown |
People |
Loring, William Wing |
Search Terms |
North Carolina Florida Georgetown College United States Army Mexican War (Mexican-American War) Georgia Campaign Battle of Champion's Hill / Bakers Creek Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville Carolinas Campaign |
Subjects |
Photography Photographs Amputees Cartes de visite Soldiers Officers, Military Wounded in war |