Ellsworth Memorial board

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

Date1861

MediumAlbumen prints

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (26.67 x 34.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.95

InscribedPrinted below photograph on mount: "The Marshall House, / Alexandria, VA / Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, N.Y." Also, "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."

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DescriptionTwo carte-de-visites flanking circular print; albumen prints; matted and mounted together as memorial to Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, 11th New York Fire Zouaves, and Francis Brownell. Published by E. Anthony.Published References

Published References

Keith F. Davis, 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, 176 (repro), 332.

Published References

"Highly Important News: Col. Ellsworth Assassinated by a Rebel," New York Times (May 25, 1861): 1; "Colonel Ellsworth, of the Fire Zouaves," Harper's Weekly 5:228 (May 11, 1861): 1.

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