Bearded Confederate officer in oval portrait photograph – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Bearded Confederate officer in oval portrait photograph, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bearded Confederate officer in oval portrait photograph
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This portrait stands out for its oval vignette framing, a format that fades the photographer's backdrop into a soft edge around a bearded officer. Oval studio portraits like this were popular in the 1850s and 1860s, and many Confederate officers sat for them before or during the war, often for family or as keepsakes. The town of Gettysburg became a lasting symbol of the war after the three-day battle of July 1863, and images like this one now help show how the conflict's leaders presented themselves to the people they left behind.
| Original scan | 1,464 × 2,052 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 07440a |
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