Union Officer

Artist F. S. Keeler (American, active 1860s)

Dateca. 1861-1865

MediumHand-colored salt print

DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 10 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (25.72 × 20.96 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2724

SignedPrinted on mount verso, bottom, in gold ink: "F.S. KEELER, S.E. cor. 8th & Market Sts., Philada."

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "GE45/P 502 / Cavalry d/cr"

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DescriptionExtensively hand-colored image of a man standing in uniform beside a column with a curtain. He cradles a sheathed sword in his left arm and rests his right elbow on the column.

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