Emaciated Union soldier
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1864
MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (8.89 × 5.4 cm)
Mount: 3 3/4 × 2 3/8 inches (9.53 × 6.03 cm)
Mount: 3 3/4 × 2 3/8 inches (9.53 × 6.03 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3816
Signednone
InscribedModern inscription on mount verso, in pencil, center: "Held upright by a hospital attendant, an emaciated Federal soldier released from RICHMOND'S BELLE ISLE PRISON shows the ghastly effects of starvation and disease."
MarkingsOn sheet recto, bottom, partial watermark: "FK Riv" - entirety of the watermark probably reads "BFK Rives no. 74";
On mount verso, center, in pencil: "see TIMELIFE CIVILWAR / series "Tenting Tonight" / page 135";
On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "P4 / OER";
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "INS #224 / X-RI4395".
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Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage carte-de-visite. Image of two men treating an emaciated soldier.
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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
1864
2024.12.1
