Black/Creole Officers, 1st Louisiana Guards
c. 1862
Artist
American 19th Century
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 18 × 12.8 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
mount: 22.8 × 17.8 cm (9 × 7 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.44.12
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Eric C. Caren, The Caren Archive; (sale, Bonhams, New York, 7 April 2014, lot 179); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, across top in graphite: ? La. Corps d ‘Afrique black officers / ? Capt Louis A Snaer (rear adj to branch) (73rd USCT) / 1st black regiment / mustered into Union / Army / Originally called 1st / La Native Guards →73rd USCT