General Rufus Ingalls with Son and Servant
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.76
Signednone
InscribedOn period note, housed behind plate in tray, in black pen: "Rufus Ingalls / Brig. Genl. / Chief Quartermaster."
MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper tape, in pencil: "No Plate Mfg's marks / P5.400.438.01 / 100% Rag Board Spacer between plate & mat, reglazed, sealed w/filmoplast P-90 tape 9-22-2005 GSW";
Tiny label adhered to case verso, in blue pen: "X-MW4690".
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Terms
"Gen. Rufus Ingall's [sic] Funeral," New York Times (January 17, 1893): 6.
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