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Private William Henry Lord, Company I, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry

George Wertz American
1863–65
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
Private William Henry Lord, a cavalryman, sits alert and ready for the next ride. A yet unmuddied enlistee from "Bleeding Kansas," the last state to enter the Union before Fort Sumter, Lord was in the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry; he was wounded in the shoulder in October 1864 but rejoined his company and was mustered out in September 1865.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Private William Henry Lord, Company I, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
  • Artist: George Wertz (American, active Kansas City, Missouri, 1860s)
  • Date: 1863–65
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 8.4 x 5.6 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs