Title

Carte-de-visite portrait of Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1861. Creator: Mathew Brady.

Caption

Carte-de-visite of Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth shown in three-quarter portrait. Ellsworth stands facing the camera with his right hand in his trouser pocket. He wears a light colored vest and trousers, a dark jacket, a dark cloak, a white shirt, and a dark necktie with a tie pin. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.;Handwritten in graphite on the bottom of the print is the text "Col. Ellsworth killed / at Alexandria 1861". There is a mark for E. & H.T. Anthony printed on the back of the photograph.;The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album is the text "Anthony / Brady NY".

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_465

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

76,9Mb (2,5Mb) / 13,4in x 22,2in / 4032 x 6667 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black male man men country guy museum photography war location century soldiers soldier concept African American African-American B&W afro-american United States of America carte De Visite 19th century black & white black and white B W American Civil War nineteenth century heritage American America USA photograph portrait united states Mathew Brady Anthony Ellsworth Ephraim Elmer Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Brady Mathew B Elmer Ephraim Mathew B Brady cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art carte-de-visite Brady Mathew B. Mathew B. Brady E. & H.T. Anthony E. & H.T. E. & H. T. Anthony & Company E. & H. T. Anthony & Co National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Heritage Art cartes-de-visite albumen prints Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Elmer E Ellsworth