[Outdoor scene, mounted cavalry soldier seated on horse]
Summary
Photograph shows an unidentified soldier, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on horseback, facing left.
Title from Gladstone collection checklist.
Case: Geometric with scroll embellishment.
Gold color applied to coat trim and first three buttons.
Gladstone's inventory code: A3.
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.218)
Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
The single best source for Civil War photographs is the U.S. Library of Congress, which holds the core collections of original Civil War documentary ... The majority of the ambrotypes and tintypes are portraits by unidentified photographers of Civil War soldiers, primarily Union soldiers.
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