Camp Sprague, 1st Rhode Island Regiment

Artist Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, 1843 - 1885)

Date1861

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (23.5 x 35.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.465

InscribedOn "Brady's Incidents of the War" mount.

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DescriptionImage of a group of uniformed soldiers posed in front of a storefront wth a tree trunk centered behind them and a "Welcome Home" sign in the upper right.Published References

Published References

Davis, Keith F. The Origins of American Photography: from Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885. With contributions by Jane L. Aspinwall. Kansas City, MO: Hall Family Foundation: in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007. Distributed by Yale University Press. Published in conjunction with Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885, shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 177 (repro.), 332.

Published References

Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908). "Photographic Phases," New York Times (July 21, 1862): 5.

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