Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
John O'Farrell [previously John O. Farrell] |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02227 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with area tinting; man seated, 3/4 pose facing right, looking at camera, from knees up; wearing kepi with crossed cannon insignia and initials C. and B. on either side, signifying Crenshaw's Battery (Virginia) tinted gold; kepi tinted grey with bill tinted black, face clean shaven, cheeks and lips tinted pink; single-breasted shell jacket buttoned, jacket tinted grey, eight buttons tinted gold, collar insignia tinted gold, shoulder tabs and sleeve braid on left sleeve tinted gold, left arm bent at elbow and left hand is resting in lap, right arm is resting on a draped table with right hand hanging down, legs crossed left over right, trouser braid tinted gold, trousers tinted grey; the name "Rees" [photographer] is inscribed underneath subject's left arm; oval-style embossed gilt mat with scroll motif; preserver is stamped with foliate scroll pattern; interior obverse of case lined in red felt pad with embossed foliate motif, embossed-leather-coverd wood case with foliate scroll around a central medallion on obverse and reverse exterior covers, two sections held together at spine with black cloth tape, gold scrollwork edging on inside of case; brass hook and eye in tact; |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
C.R. Rees & Co. |
Photographer |
Rees, Charles Richard |
Owner Regiment |
Crenshaw's Battery, Virginia Artillery Thomas Ellet's Co., Virginia Light Artillery |
Provenance |
The Virginia-born son of Irish immigrants (named O’Farrell), seventeen-year-old John Farrell arrived in Richmond on St. Patrick’s Day, 1862, from his home in Harper’s Ferry and attempted to enroll in the newly organized Crenshaw Battery. After three days of personal lobbying with Gov. John Letcher and Capt. Thomas Ellet, Farrell was able to enlist. He served with the unit for three years until he was captured at Sailor’s Creek in April 1865. Farrell became a physician after the war. |
People |
O'Farrell, John |
Search Terms |
Battle of Sailor's Creek / Sayler's Creek / Saylor's Creek Five Forks, Virginia Harper's Ferry, [West] Virginia Ireland Point Lookout Military Prison, Maryland |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Artillery (Troops) Cased photographs Military uniforms Photographic studios Photographs Photography POW's Prisoners of war prisoners Soldiers War Teenagers |