Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Unidentified Soldier |
Catalog Number |
2012.012.00040 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied color; three-quarter length standing pose of young man facing camera with hand resting on cloth covered table; beard but no moustache; wearing double breasted uniform frock coat with two rows of seven brass buttons, dark facings on standing collar and pointed cuffs; no rank insignia; 1850's style forage cap with waterproof cover. |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Owner Regiment |
Unknown |
Provenance |
This photograph is one of 40 passed down to the donor from the Purse family of Savannah, Georgia. |
People |
Faries family Gugel family Melton family Pindar family Purse family Tebeau family |
Search Terms |
Savannah, Georgia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Photographs Photography Soldiers War uniforms |