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The Soldier's Return

Artist M. Witt (American, active 1860s)
Date1865
MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (5.72 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.261
InscribedMaker's mark on back of card: "M. Witt, Columbus, Ohio." Handwritten on card: "James / [?] / Webster / India / George."
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DescriptionImage of five seated figures, one woman and four men. The figures turn toward the man in the center who is wearing a soldier's uniform.
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Emaciated Union soldier
Unknown
ca. 1864
2005.27.3816
Group of  women sewing
A. M. Blecker
ca. 1865
2005.27.3846
Self-portrait
Frederick Coombs
1865
2005.27.3826
Portrait of a man
Eliza Balch
ca. 1865
2019.22.4
Frances L. Clayton Dressed as a Cavalryman
Samuel Masury
ca. 1865
2005.37.45
Portrait of Josiah C. Fuller in Civil War uniform
Benjamin Whiting
ca. 1862-1863
2005.37.374
Portrait of P. D. Shattuck
Eliza Balch
ca. 1865
2019.22.3
Spirit Photograph
Unknown
ca. 1870
2005.27.217
Spirit Photograph
R. J. Hillier
ca. 1865
2005.27.218
Half-Man, Half-Woman
Jas. W. Turner
ca. 1870
2005.27.265
Trick photograph of two men
A. Hickcox
ca. 1865
2005.27.3848
Sojourner Truth
Unknown
1864
2005.37.105