Captain Alfred Ransom and Child
c. 1865–1866
Artist, American, active 1860s
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.6 × 5.4 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2022.174.19
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Capt. Alfred Ransom [underlined] / 23rd NY Battery / Dec 1861 - March 1865 / Burnside Expedition / Shermans Carolina campaign; center printed in black ink: PUBLISHED BY / WAGONER & McDONNALD, / No. 68 State Street, / ALBANY, N. Y.; by unknown hand, center in graphite: [Taken from Ransom-Kids Album]; lower left: Alfred Ransom