Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Archibald Gracie, III |
Catalog Number |
0985.00.00127 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with accent tinting; bust portrait 3/4 facing viewer's left, looking straight ahead, hair parted on side, mustache and sideburns; in double-breasted uniform coat, collar with Confederate General's insignia tinted gold, 12 buttons visible, tinted gold, knot of necktie visible behind collar; oval metal mat; case is leather-covered wood with embossed medallion surrounded by foliate pattern; gilt scroll around exterior and interior case edges on both obverse and reverse sections; obverse case [cover] section lined in faded velvet, embossed with foliate scroll; note adhered to felt in door section, inscribed as follows: "Archibald Gracie/Brig. Gen. C.S.A./Taken during the war./Presented by his daugh-/ter 223/Miss Adeline Gracie"; brasshook and latch in tact; |
Medium |
Felt/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Petersburg Campaign / Siege of Petersburg |
Owner Regiment |
43rd Alabama Infantry 55th Georgia Infantry 12th Georgia Infantry 1st Georgia Artillery 1st Florida Dismounted Regiment |
Provenance |
Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie III, during the CIvil War. He was killed during the Siege of Petersburg |
People |
Gracie, Archibald, III |
Search Terms |
Battle of Bean's Station Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Perryville Battle of Yorktown Huntsville, Tennessee Mobile, Alabama New York City, New York Petersburg Campaign / Siege of Petersburg Petersburg, Virginia Tullahoma Campaign United States Military Academy, West Point, New York University of Heidelberg Washington Light Infantry |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Dead persons Military officers Military uniforms Photographic studios Photographs Photography Soldiers War War casualties |