Sujet

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

Légende

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".

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_465

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

76,9Mo (2,5Mo) / 34,1cm x 56,4cm / 4032 x 6667 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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