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The CDV features a photograph of a print depicting a vignette portrait of Benjamin Butler, a major general of the Union Army. In the portrait, Butler wears his Union Army uniform and is turned slightly to his proper right. The CDV's top corners have been trimmed at an angle.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

4 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, below print: GEN. B. F. BUTLER

Subjects

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Carte de visite photographs

Work Type

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

Class

CDVs

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

806

Digital ID

FVW_00806

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.

Vignette Portrait of General B.F. Butler

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