Tintype of a middle-aged officer

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GLC#
GLC05131.18-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1861-1862 ca.
Title
Tintype of a middle-aged officer
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 9.6 cm, Width: 8.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Three-quarter length seated portrait of a middle-aged officer. Buttons and epaulets painted gold, pants and flag tinted with dry pigment. Soldier's hat lies on nearby table. Ruby glass. CASE: Union case with geometric pattern in center surrounded by vines. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #322.) Case thickness 2.4 cm.

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