Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Turner Ashby |
Catalog Number |
1989.015.00010 |
Description |
Ninth-plate ambrotype with applied color; postmortem portrait; set in a chair, waist up, hair parted to the side, eyes closed, cheeks tinted pink, full beard; wearing double-breasted uniform frock coat, buttoned with eight buttons visble, tinted gold, right arm bent at elbow and resting across waist, object placed behind right wrist, possibly flowers; oval-style plain gilt mat; preserver with stamped floral motif; case is leather-covered wood with embossed scroll and medallion on exterior obverse and reverse cases; interior obverse case has faded red velvet lining with embossed foliate motif; brass hook and eye in tact; obverse and reverse case halves are detached from eachother; |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Leather/Paint/Photographic Emulsion/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
death of Turner Ashby, June 6, 1862 |
Owner Regiment |
7th Virginia Cavalry Brigadier General |
Provenance |
Postmortem portrait. The only known photograph of Turner Ashby was taken after he was killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, on June 6, 1862. |
People |
Ashby, Turner |
Search Terms |
Confederate Soldiers First Battle of Kernstown First Battle of Winchester Harrisonburg, Virginia Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862 death of Turner Ashby, June 6, 1862 Battle of Harrisonburg |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Cavalry Dead persons Death Death portraits Military officers Military uniforms Photographic studios Photographs Photography Post-mortem photographs Soldiers War War casualties |