Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Carte-de-Visite |
Title |
Alexander J. Kirkman |
Catalog Number |
0985.14.00169m |
Description |
Cdv studio bust portrait of a man, facing camera; hair combed back, moustache; wearing double-breasted [uniform?] coat; handwritten on obverse, "A. J. Kirkman C.S.A."; handwritten on reverse, "Lieut A. G. Wolf will please accept this carte de visite as an ev-idence of my appreciation of his kindness to me while a prisoner in his charge--A J Kirkman Ft. Delaware July 24 1864"; printed on reverse, "John L. Gihon, Photographic Art Gallery, 1024 Chestnut St. Phila." |
Studio |
John L. Gihon's Photographic Art Galleries |
Owner Regiment |
4th Alabama (Roddey's) Cavalry, Co. D |
Provenance |
Alexander J. Kirkman of Company D, 4th Alabama (Roddey's) Cavalry, and a Confederate prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, presented this photograph of himself to Union prison guard Lieutenant Abraham G. Wolf "as an evidence of my appreciation of his kindness to me while a prisoner in his charge," dated July 24, 1864. |
People |
Kirkman, Alexander J. Wolf, Abraham G. |
Search Terms |
Fort Delaware Alabama |
Subjects |
Cartes de visite Cavalry Civil War, U.S. Friendliness Friendship Government Photographs Photography Politicians POW's Prison guards Prisoners Prisoners of war Prisons State government |