Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Carte-de-Visite |
Title |
Isaac William Kerr Handy |
Catalog Number |
0985.14.00169h |
Description |
Cdv studio portrait of a man, seated, from waist up, in profile looking to viewer's right; right elbow on table to right, plaid tablecloth; man has long hair, combed back, and a beard; he wears civilian clothing including a shirt, waistcoat and jacket; handwritten on reverse, "Rev. A. K. Handy. Political Prisoner Presbyterian Minister. Said he would not cut his hair until the South gained her independence. Father of M. P. Handy the noted newspaper writer;" printed on reverse, "John L. Gihon, Photographic Art Gallery, 1024 Chestnut St. Phila." |
Studio |
John L. Gihon's Photographic Art Galleries |
Owner Regiment |
Regiment unknown |
Provenance |
"Rev. A. K. Handy. Political Prisoner Presbyterian Minister. Said he would not cut his hair until the South gained her independence. Father of M. P. Handy the noted newspaper writer" (inscription on reverse |
People |
Handy, Isaac William Kerr Wolf, Abraham G. |
Subjects |
Civilians Political prisoners Civil War, U.S. Prisoners Prisoners of war POW's |