Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Frame, Picture |
Catalog Number |
0985.10.00221 |
Description |
The picture frame holds looped and braided palmetto in the shape of a tree, containing an oval sepia tone photograph of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard. A calling card and museum label were also enclosed in the frame; the calling card reads, "To an aged Patriot whose love of Country is only equaled by his gallantry in defending it. Miss M.S.L. of Charleston South Carolina." |
Dimensions |
W-7.5 L-10.5 inches |
Owned |
Edmund Ruffin |
Provenance |
The picture frame contains a palmetto framed photograph of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard. It was given to Edmund Ruffin who is said to have fired the first shot at Fort Sumter. The enclosed calling card reads, "To an aged Patriot whose love of Country is only equaled by his gallantry in defending it. Miss M.S.L. of Charleston South Carolina." |
People |
Ruffin, Edmund L., M. S., Miss Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (P. G. T.) |
Subjects |
women gifts Photographs Photography |