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[Twelve soldiers and men at rest beside tree].
1862
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 58/GC131/Box 56/Oversize/19th c./U.S. History/Civil War GA 2011.00180
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1862.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Black people—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—19th century
- United States—History—Civil War, 18611865—Regimental histories—Portraits
- African Americans—19th century—Portraits
- Soldiers—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Military camps—United States—In art
- United States. Army—History—Civil War, 18611865—In art
- United States—History, Military—19th century—In art
- Portraits, Group—United States—19th century
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Twelve soldiers and men at rest beside tree].
- Call Number
- D North 58/GC131/Box 56/Oversize/19th c./U.S. History/Civil War GA 2011.00180
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc2z10x383j
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : [s.n.], 1862.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1862
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 18.8 x 23.7 cm. sheet 42.3 x 58.3 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Albumen prints
- Depiction: Group portrait of twelve soldiers and men seated or standing beside tree; one of the men is African American, and he holds a pitcher. Four other men stand in the background amidst tents; wagon in distant background.
- Signed in imprint on mount, lower center: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alex Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. // M. B. Brady, Publisher".
- Provenance: Blind stamp, "Bibl Unit Princeton".
- Signed in imprint on mount, lower left: "Gardner, Photographer".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Black people—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—19th century
- United States—History—Civil War, 18611865—Regimental histories—Portraits
- African Americans—19th century—Portraits
- Soldiers—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Military camps—United States—In art
- United States. Army—History—Civil War, 18611865—In art
- United States—History, Military—19th century—In art
- Portraits, Group—United States—19th century
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1850cb40-7cb9-411b-b016-20a332581941/manifest