Title:
[Civil War Union cavalry soldier Seneca R. Flint.]
Abstract:
Three-quarter length portrait in military uniform wearing a sword and holding a hat. The military insignia and detailing are
hand colored in gold. He is seated in front of a landscape backdrop and a curtain with two large tassels.
Date:
[ca. 1860-1863]
Subject:
Men
Young adults
Soldiers
Note:
Union cavalry soldier of the Wisconsin Volunteers, died 1864.
Transferred from the Clementine Ursula Norton papers (BANC MSS 76/20).
Type:
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.5 x 6.4 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson, Patent Applied for. / Worcester,
Mass. No 26. Printed in well (letterpress): Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / -Manufactures of- / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P.
& Co., / Are the sole proprietors and only / legal Manufactures of / Union Cases, with the / Embracing Riveted Hinge. - Patented,
Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric (Berg no. 3-24). Material:
black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 12.4 x 10 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Littlefield Parsons & Co. Notes:
Case fractured. Image package removed and stored separately.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts:
plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with military detailing slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular
(double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1976.002:029--CASE
Filename:
brk00040324_8a.tif
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