Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
James Washington Adams |
Catalog Number |
1983.006 |
Description |
Quarter-plate ambrotype with applied color; man in uniform, seated, facing camera, looking at camera, hair parted on side, well below earlobes in length but waved out on sides, full beard and moustache, cheeks tinted pink, frock coat, standing collar, buttoned, single-breasted uniform frock coat, seven buttons visible, tinted gold, legs possibly crossed left over right, trousers slightly visible, lighter color, left hand resting in lap, right hand not visible, wooden chair seat and chair spindles visible, right elbow resting on table draped in damask cloth. Plate is out of frame; gilt mat and preserver enclosed with image; no case, |
Medium |
Glass/Paint |
Studio |
Wearn & Hix |
Photographer |
Wearn, Richard |
Owner Regiment |
2nd South Carolina Infantry, Co. C |
Provenance |
This photograph of Pvt. James Washington Adams was taken by Richard Wearn in Columbia, South Carolina between 1861and 1862. |
People |
Adams, James Washington |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Infantry Photographic studios Photographs Photography Soldiers War |