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[Union Officer Standing at Attention]

1861–65
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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