Portrait of a Soldier

c. 1855

Unknown 19th Century

Associated Names
The image shows a man seated in a formal military uniform with decorative elements. He is positioned with his right arm on a table and his left hand lightly clasping his right arm. His facial expression is subtle with lips closed and a slight curve to his eyebrows. He is dressed in a 19th-century military style uniform with shoulder epaulettes and buttons. The man is seated next to a table with small items and holds a baton or rolled-up document in his right hand. The background is plain and neutral, and the image is enclosed within an ornate frame with floral patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.3 × 6.9 cm (3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
    framed: 23.5 × 21 × 1 cm (9 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.107.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gregory LeRoy, Spain; (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2017; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.


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