Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Charles Shelton |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02057 |
Description |
Ninth-plate ambrotype with accent tinting; man from waist up, facing/looking at camera; hair parted on side, modified wave, widow's peak, cropped at tips of ears; clean shaven, cheeks and lips tinted pink; wearing double-breasted jacket/coat, unbuttoned, over vest and shirt; white collar turned down, large horizontal necktie tied slightly asymetrically, vest with collar and lapels turned up, connected below tie with a tab; oval gilt mat; preserver has simple scroll/foliate motif; case is leather-covered wood, with foliage surrounding starburst medallion on obverse and reverse exterior sections; brass hook and eye in tact; handwritten note with image reads, "This is a icture of my uncle Chalres Shelton, son of David R. Shelton of Louisa, Co. VA who died in Prison at Vicksburg Miss." |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Siege of Vicksburg |
Owner Regiment |
28th Virginia Infantry, Co. H "Capt. Henry C. Douthat's Co.," Virginia Light Artillery "Botetourt Artillery" |
Provenance |
Photograph of Charles Shelton, son of David R. Shelton of Louisa, County, Virginia. He became a prisoner of war at Vicksburg when the city was surrendered in July 1863, but was sick and stayed at the hopsital. He died there on July 25, 1863. |
People |
Shelton, Charles |
Search Terms |
Louisa County, Virginia Vicksburg, Mississippi Siege of Vicksburg Vicksburg Campaign |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Civilians Men Photographic studios Photographs Photography Prisoners Prisoners of war Prison hospitals POW's Sick persons Sickness Ill persons Illnesses Death Dead persons Casualties, War War casualties |