Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Carte-de-Visite |
Title |
George Brinton McClellan |
Catalog Number |
FIC2009.02248 |
Description |
Cdv studio portrait of a man, seated in chair, from waist up, part of chair visible on viewer's right, turned to left, face turned to left almost in profile, hands clasped in lap, left hand gloved, right hand not gloved; hair combed back, moustache, goatee; wearing double-breasted uniform frock coat, with shoulder boareds, buttoned; handwritten on obverse, "Gen. McClellan;" hadnwritten on reverse, "Gen. George B. McClellan was 1st cousin to Major H.B. McClellan of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Staff. I went to school to Major McClellan one of the first men I ever knew. He always spoke with respect of Gen. McClellan and named all of his children for h[illegible] Anne B. Hyde;" printed on reverse, "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York, & No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C." |
Photographer |
Brady & Co., Washington |
Owner Regiment |
Army of the Potomac |
People |
McClellan, George Brinton |
Search Terms |
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York United States Army Army of the Potomac Mexican War (Mexican-American War) Peninsula Campaign Seven Days Battles Maryland Campaign Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg Battle of Seven Pines / Fair Oaks Battle of Williamsburg Battle of Yorktown Battle of Drewry's Bluff / Fort Darling Battle of Mechanicsville Battle of Gaines' Mill / First Cold Harbor Battle of South Mountain U.S. Presidential election of 1864 |
Subjects |
Cartes de visite Photography Photographs Civil War, U.S. Presidential candidates Generals |