Culpeper Virginia.. Col. William R. Brewster 73d New York Infantry – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Culpeper Virginia.. Col. William R. Brewster 73d New York Infantry. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Culpeper Virginia.. Col. William R. Brewster 73d New York Infantry
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Colonel William R. Brewster, commander of the 73d New York Infantry, sits for this September 1863 portrait made at Culpeper, Virginia, a town that served as a major Union staging ground that year. The glass negative is a wet collodion plate, a process that required the photographer to coat, expose, and develop each plate on the spot, so field portraits like this one were made with considerable effort. The record credits the image to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution was formerly assigned to this photographer and is recorded in the source caption books. The 73d New York was one of the New York City regiments serving in the Army of the Potomac, which makes the portrait a useful link between the city and the war in Virginia.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Col. Wm. R. Brewster Culpeper Va. September 1863. 73d N.Y. Infantry. Annotation from negative glass side: 1. 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 × 4,081 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48243 |
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