Nick Biddle, 1861

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 8.6 × 5.8 cm (3 3/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.3 × 6.2 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2022.174.32

Artists / Makers

W. R. Mortimer (artist) American, 1824 - c. 1874

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center on mount printed in black ink: "NICK BIDDLE," / Of Pottsville, Pa., the first man wounded in the Great / American Rebellion, "Baltimore, April, 18, 1861."; bottom center: Published by W. R. Mortimer, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa.; on verso, center printed in black ink: PHOTOGRAPHED / BY / W. R. MORTIMER, / Pottsville, Pa.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas