Culpeper Virginia (vicinity). Gen. Henry Prince and staff – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Culpeper Virginia (vicinity). Gen. Henry Prince and staff brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Culpeper Virginia (vicinity). Gen. Henry Prince and staff
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Taken near Culpeper, Virginia, this stereograph shows General Henry Prince posed with his staff in September 1863. Culpeper lay in the Virginia Piedmont and was a focal point of troop movements that autumn, so portraits from the area offer a glimpse of officers at a moment of active campaigning. The image survives as a wet collodion glass negative, the standard field photography process of the time. Its record notes that the picture was once attributed to Alexander Gardner, a Washington photographer, though that attribution is no longer accepted. Stereographs like this were viewed through a stereoscope, which gave viewers a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Prince and Staff Sept. 1863. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 2,205 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48213 |
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