Private Turner Nelson
c. 1864
Ansel R. Butts
Artist, American, born Canada, 1832 - 1912
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.7 × 5.7 cm (3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.39.63
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Reverend Darius N. Goodrich. Adam O. Fleischer Collection; Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, lower center on mount printed in black ink: U.S. Soldier 1864-65, / Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: Turner Nelson; center left in black ink perpendicular: Property of Dr. Goodrich / Olivet, Mich 1909