Captain Alfred Ransom and Child, c. 1865–1866

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Accession Number

2022.174.19

Artists / Makers

Wagoner & McDonnald (artist) American, active 1860s

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas