Union Army Major General John Alexander McClernand, 1862
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Artifact Overview
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Admired politicians or military officers, such as General John Alexander McClernand, were popular subjects.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1862
Subject Date
1862
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, New York; from a negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
66.143.20
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.813 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Text at bottom front under image reads:
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District of the District of Columbia.
Handwritten in pencil on back:
McClernand / Major General / John Alexander / McClernand / c. 1863
Text from photographer's imprint on back reads:
Published by / E. & H.T. ANTHONY / 501 Broadway / New York / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE / in BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery
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