Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Robert Thomas Bendall |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02189 |
Description |
Ninth-plate ambrotype with applied color; man seated, legs crossed left over right at knee, knees up; wearing single-breasted uniform jacketwith high standing collar, eight visible buttons, all buttoned close, pointed cuff piped in lighter color, gloves, holding a forage cap with waterproof cover; curly hair, parted on the side, clean shaven, cheeks tinted pink, right arm bent at elbow, gloved hand resting in lap, left arm bent and elbow resting on draped table; nonpareil gilt mat, stamped with foliate motif; preserver has foliate motif stamped into it; case is leather-covered wood, with foliate medallion and scroll embossed into exterior obverse and reverse case covers; obverse interior case cover has faded velvet lining with embossed pasley scroll; obverse and reverse case cover pieces are detached; |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Photographic Emulsion/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Owner Regiment |
13th Virginia Cavalry, Co. H, "Sussex Light Dragoons" 5th Virginia Cavalry, Co. H |
Provenance |
Corporal Robert Thomas Bendall (1833-1913). Co. H., 13th Virginia Cavalry. Ambrotype attributed to a photographer in Staunton, Virginia, ca. 1861. |
People |
Bendall, Robert Thomas |
Search Terms |
Staunton, Virginia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Cavalry Military uniforms Photographic studios Photographs Photography Soldiers War |