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Creator Role
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Description
The CDV features a photograph of a lithograph depicting a standing portrait of General Ambrose Burnside, an Union Army general in the United States Civil War. In the image, Burnside stands looking to his proper right. His proper right arm rests on the back of a horse while his proper left hand rests on the hilt of his sword.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
1861
Measurement
4 1/4 X 2 3/8 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: Ambrose Bornside [sic] verso, backmark: J. H. BUFFORD, / PRINT PUBLISHER AND LITHOGRAPHER, / 313 WASHINGTON ST., / BOSTON. / FROM HIS ORIGINAL SUBJECT. verso, inscribed at bottom: [6.00]
Subjects
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881; Carte de visite photographs
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
804
Digital ID
FVW_00804
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.