Standing Portrait of Nathaniel Lyon

Creator

J. H. Bufford

Files

Creator Role

creator

Description

The CDV features a photograph of a print that depicts a standing portrait of Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general to be killed during the United States Civil War. In the portrait, Lyon wears his Union Army uniform. He stands with his proper right hand resting on a table.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

4 X 2 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, below print: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by J. H. / BUFFORD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court / of the District of Massachusetts. verso, inscribed at top: Gnl. Lyon verso, backmark: J. H. BUFFORD, / PRINT PUBLISHER AND LITHOGRAPHER, / 313 WASHINGTON ST., / BOSTON. / FROM HIS ORIGINAL SUBJECT.

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Lyon, Nathaniel, -1861

Work Type

albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

786

Digital ID

FVW_00786

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.