Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
John Taylor Temple |
Catalog Number |
1962.025.00001 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied color, man seated, facing camera, looking at camera, hair parted on side, cut at mid-ear, clean shaven; cheeks and lips tinted pink, turned-down collar, horizontal necktie slightly assymetrical, ends tinted pink, light color, checked pattern, wide lapel, double-breasted vest, frock coat with wide, notched lapels and velvet collar, handkerchief visible in right frock-coat pocket, top of trousers visible, both hands in lap; gilt nonpareil mat stamped in lower proper right corner "Powers"; perserver stamped with simple foliate scroll; case is leather-covered, embossed on obverse and reverseembossed with floral medallion; obverse interior [cover] lined with red velvet, embossed with foliate scroll; |
Medium |
Felt/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
Edwin M. Powers |
Photographer |
Powers, Edwin M. |
Owner Regiment |
30th Virginia Infantry, Co. B, "Fredericksburg Grays" |
Provenance |
John Taylor Temple was a Fredericksburg, Virginia, store clerk prior to the Civil War. He enlisted as a private, was promoted to corporal and sergeant, and was elected lieutenant of his company in 1862. |
People |
Temple, John Taylor |
Search Terms |
Fredericksburg, Virginia Maryland Campaign |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Civilians Men Photographic studios Photographs Photography Military hospitals Soldiers |