Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Charles DeLorme |
Catalog Number |
0985.10.00331 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied color, man seated, 3/4 to the right, looking at camera, wearing kepi with gold tinted palmetto insignia; clean shaven, in single-breasted uniform frock coat with shoulderboards, insignia on collar, and brades on collar; right hand resting on table holding sword; left hand resting in lap; sleeve braid, shoulder boards, collar insignia, buckle and sword all tinted gold; oval gilt mat with embossed scroll motif; preserver has foliate scroll motif; embossed red felt pad with floral motif intact in interior obverse section; , white label with number 384 printed on it glued to bottom right of velvet pad; case is leather-covered wood, with centra medallion surrounded by scroll pattern on both obverse and reverse exterior sections; two brass hooks and eyes are in tact; |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Metal/Paper/Photographic Emulsion/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Owner Regiment |
12th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion, Co. A (tentative) "Gardiner's Cavalry" |
Provenance |
Ambrotype of Charles DeLorme of Sumter, South Carolina, when in Gardiner's Cavalry. |
People |
DeLorme, Charles |
Search Terms |
Chesaw, South Carolina Sumter, South Carolina |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Cavalry Military uniforms Photographic studios Photographs Photography Soldiers War |