Artillery, Private

1866

O.H. Willard's Galleries

Associated Names
Oliver H. Willard

Artist, American, 1828 - 1875

The image shows a man standing upright. He is positioned facing the camera with a serious expression. The man has a full beard and dark, neatly kept hair. He is wearing a dark blue military uniform with gold buttons and red details on the sleeves, a leather belt, and light blue trousers. He wears white gloves and a sash diagonally across his chest. He holds a rifle with a bayonet attached in front of him. Beside him are several rifles forming a pyramid, with a rolled blanket and a leather pouch at the base. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, directly under image lower center of mount, in graphite: x1034

Wikidata ID

Q64158554

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