Anson, Rufus, fl. 1856 1/4 plate daguerreotype in uniform by Rufus Anson

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GLC#
GLC04688
Type
Images
Date
1856 ca.
Author/Creator
Anson, Rufus, fl. 1856
Title
1/4 plate daguerreotype in uniform by Rufus Anson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 cased image Height: 10.7 cm, Width: 8.3 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Daguerreotype showing George Lucas Hartsuff in regular US Army uniform as second artillery officer. Sothebys suggested it was probably taken shortly before he returned to West Point as an instructor in 1856. Case (not original): 12.75 x 10.3 x 2.4 cm.

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