Richard L. Cramer, Company I, Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry

Mathew B. Brady American, born Ireland

1861

Not on view

This portrait on an "Illustrations of Camp Life" card mount is an example of Brady’s dedicated effort to record the physiognomies of the nation’s soldiers before they had seen battle. Richard Cramer wears fresh Federal-issue blue trousers, not the gray jacket and pants he wore when he and his regiment, the "Wolverines," began their journey to the District of Columbia. That dates the photograph later than June 20, 1861, when Cramer was mustered into service, and before the company’s departure for the battle of Bull Run in mid-July. Cramer paid thirty cents for his portrait, as noted on the reverse.

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Title: Richard L. Cramer, Company I, Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Artist: Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
Date: 1861
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 in. × 2 7/8 in. (10.5 × 7.3 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by exchange, 2022
Object Number: 2022.139
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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