Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
William Henry Hollyday |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02047 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with color added; man facing camera, bust portrait, looking at camera; hair parted on side and cut at ear level; beard and moustache; cheeks tinted pink, standing collar, necktie tied horizontally, starched shirt front with small button tinted gold, double-breasted civilian frock coat with notched lapels; oval gilt mat, [possibly made by Scovill Manufacturing of Watertown, Connecticut] with embossed motifs of the U.S. flag in the top left and right upper corners, a tall ship in the lower left corner and a cannon in the lower right corner, along with drums and bayonets, and the words "CONSTITUTION" etched down lower left oval edge, "July 4/1776" etched along bottom, and "AND UNION" etched up the lower right oval edge; leather-covered wood case with gilded edging and scrollwork intact with both sections; obverse interior cover lined in deep red velvet pad intact in door section, brass clasp intact; newspaper clipping with image reads, "Pirvate Wm. H. Hollyday. Killed June 3d 1864; at Gains' Farm, in engagement witht the enemy, Private Wm. H. Holiday 2d Maryland Infantry. Balitmore papers Please Copy" |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Velvet/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Battle of Cold Harbor / Second Cold Harbor |
Owner Regiment |
1st Maryland Infantry, Co. H (2nd) 2nd Battalion Maryland Infantry, Co. A |
Provenance |
Sergeant William H. Hollyday was killed on June 3, 1864 at the Battle of Cold Harbor. |
People |
Hollyday, William Henry |
Search Terms |
Battle of Cold Harbor / Second Cold Harbor Maryland Overland Campaign flag imagery |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Civilians dead persons Infantry men Photographic studios Photographs Photography soldiers War casualties |