Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
John Taylor Smith |
Catalog Number |
1984.033.00004 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with accent tinting; man from waist up, facing camera, looking at camera; hair parted on side, wispy beard and moustache; cheeks and lips tinted pink; wearing single-breasted shell jacket, standing collar, buttoned, six buttons visible, tinted gold, shoulder tabs, insignia tinted gold; oval gilt mat with embossed scrolled foliate spandrels; preserver is stamped with simpel scroll design; interior obverse [cover] is lined in faded velvet pad with embossed scrolled foliate design; bcase is leather-covered wood , with medallion on obverse and reverse exterior covers and mother of pearl inlay; brass latch in tact; interior edge of case has gilded scroll; |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Metal/Mother of Pearl/Paint/Papier-Mache/Lacquer/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
Owner Regiment |
13th Alabama Infantry, Co. I |
Provenance |
Major John Taylor Smith of the 13th Alabama Infantry, Co. I, was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville. |
People |
Smith, John Taylor |
Search Terms |
Battle of Chancellorsville Randolph County, Alabama Roanoke, Alabama |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Dead persons Death Infantry Military officers Photographic studios Photographs Photography Soldiers War War casualties |