[Union Officer Standing at Attention]
This formal portrait of a Union officer standing at attention in a handsomely appointed studio is typical of the thousands of similar likenesses of new recruits leaving home, perhaps for the first time in their lives. Dressed in a fitted single-breasted blue frock coat and light blue trousers, the soldier seems well prepared to meet whatever challenge is asked of him.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Union Officer Standing at Attention]
- Artist: Unknown (American)
- Date: 1861–65
- Medium: Ambrotype with applied color
- Dimensions: Image: 10.8 x 8.3 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Case: 12 × 9.7 cm (4 3/4 × 3 13/16 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.504
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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