Captain Beckwith's horse – Vintage 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Captain Beckwith's horse. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Captain Beckwith's horse
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The subject is a horse belonging to a Captain Beckwith, according to an old caption card whose details the record marks as unverified. The picture is dated February 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, when mounts were essential to army life and a captain's horse was among his most valuable possessions. The caption card also lists African Americans among the subjects, so people of color may have appeared in the scene, perhaps as attendants or camp workers. That detail is worth noting when considering how wartime photographs recorded the people around the army. The print is a gelatin silver print made later than the date of the scene.
| Created / published | 1863 Feb., printed later. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Notes | No. 278. Civil War Photographs collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; African Americans; Horses; Civil War. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,263 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147659 |
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