Embalming Surgeon at Work
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1863-1865
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 3/16 inches (7.94 × 15.72 cm)
Mount: 4 × 7 inches (10.16 × 17.78 cm)
Mount: 4 × 7 inches (10.16 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.41
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "1861 The War For the Union. 1865";
On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "1861 Photographic War History. 1865";
On mount recto, lower right, in black type: "2531. Embalming Surfeon at Work. / [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]";
On mount verso, top, in black type: "2531. Embalming Surgeon at Work. / This view shows Dr. Burr, the embalming surgeon, engaged in the process of embalming a dead soldier. The veins are pumped / full of some liquid, which possesses the power to arrest and pre- / vent decay. Thus it was made possible to send to friends in the / North the bodies of many hundreds of soldiers, which, but for / the science of embalming, could not have been permitted a grave / in the native soil.";
On mount verso, center, in black type: "1861 - PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. - 1865 / This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS...If you wish for a catalogue of the war views, send a / stamp and your address to / Yours in F. C. and L., TAYLOR & HUNTINGTON, / Sole Owners of the Original War Views. No. 2 State St., HARTFORD, CONN."
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "03-JHW"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man wearing a suit with vest and hat standing over the body of a deceased man who is lying on his back on a board held up with two wooden barrels. The lower half of his body is covered with a blanket and a tube appears near his chest.
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