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Portrait of soldier with gun

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1861-1864
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 7/8 × 9 × 7/16 inches (9.83 × 22.86 × 1.07 cm)
Case (closed): 3 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 3/4 inches (9.83 × 11.43 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.36
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsPrinted on paper liner inside case behind plate, in black type: "GENUINE UNION CASE, / Improved. / S. PECK'S PATENT, / Oct. 3d, 1854. / H. HALVERSON'S PATENT / Aug. 7th, 1855. / Assigned to S. Peck. / S. PECK'S PATENT, / Feb. 5th, 1856."
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DescriptionImage of mustachioed man seated. He holds a gun in one hand while the other arm is folded across his stomach. He is wearing a uniformed jacket with buttons up the center and stripes on the arms. This sixth plate ambrotype on ruby glass is housed in a brass mat inside of a union case with an embossed red velvet liner. The case depicts a bearded man in profile with ornamental designs surrounding.Provenance
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;   
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
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