Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
William Walker Goss |
Catalog Number |
1988.049.00001 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied color; man seated, facing camera, from waist up, hair parted on side, cut short, above ears; clean shaven, cheeks tinted pink; wearing double-breasted civilian coat with wide notched lapels; over shirt with turned down collar, necktie tied in slightly asymmetrical bow, shirt buttons tinted gold, vest with wide lapels; nonpareil embossed gilt mat; preserver is stamped with floral design; case is leather-covered wood with emobssed design on exterior; |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Leather/Metal//Paint/Photographic Emulsion/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Battle of Gettysburg |
Owner Regiment |
19th Virginia Infantry, Co. E |
Provenance |
Captain William W. Goss, Co. E, 19th Virginia Infantry, "Piedmont Guards." Goss was wounded July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg and died there July 18, 1865. |
People |
Goss, William Walker |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Battle of Gettysburg |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Civilians dead persons men Photographic studios Photographs Photography War War casualties Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |