Captain James Gillette

c. 1864

Johnston Brothers

Artist, American, active 1860s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 9 × 5.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
    mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.12.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Deeks, Ashburnham, MA; (Thomas Harris, New York), c. 2000; NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in brown ink: Johnston Bros.; lower right: 867 Broadway N.Y.; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: PUB; center in black ink underlined and perpendicular: James Gillette; center: JOHNSTON BROS / 867 Broadway, / NEW YORK; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite perpendicular: 3rd MD Inf.; bottom left: H5

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