Oriental Booth Groupe, at Army Relief Fair, Albany, New York

Artist Churchill & Denison (American, 1820-1892; 1814-1899)

Date1864

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (14.29 x 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.463

InscribedFull title at bottom: "Oriental Booth Groupe, at Army Relief Fair, Albany, N.Y., 1864." Names of subjects in pencil on back of mount.

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DescriptionImage of a group of women gathered around a bearded man in the center. The women are wearing heavily adorned garments, jewelry, and head coverings.Published References

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Henry Bellows, Elisha Harris, J. Harsen, W. H. Van Buren, "U.S. Sanitary Commission Report No. 1: An Address to the Secretary of War, May 18, 1861," in United States Sanitary Commission and J. S. Newberry, The U. S. Sanitary Commission in the Valley of the Mississippi, During the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 (Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1871): n.p.

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