Frank. Frederick. Alice., 1865

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.3 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2019.12.15

Artists / Makers

Wenderoth, Taylor, & Brown (artist) American, active 1860s

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center on mount printed in black ink: FRANK. FREDERICK. ALICE.; on verso, upper center printed in black ink: "THE CHILDREN OF THE BATTLE FIELD." / This is a copy of the Ferrotype found in the hands of / Sergeant Humiston of the 154th N.Y. Volunteers as he / lay dead on the Battle Field of Gettysburg. / The copies are sold in furtherance of the National / Sabbath School effort to found in Pennsylvania an / Asylum for dependent Orphans of Soldiers; in memorial / of our Perpetuated Union.; center: W. T. & B. / WENDEROTH, TAYLOR & BROWN / 912-914 / Chestnut Street / Philadelphia.; lower center: This Picture is private property, and cannot be copied / without wronging the Soldiers' Orphans for whom it is / published. / Philadelphia, Sept. 23d 1865. / J. Francis Bourns.

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas