Portrait of brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (1823-1887) – Antique 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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A window into the past: Portrait of brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (1823-1887), preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Portrait of brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (1823-1887)
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The sitter is named in the record as brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (1823-1887), though the negative's sleeve reads "McLaughlin," so the spelling is uncertain. The picture is a 1864 glass negative made by the wet collodion process, which required the photographer to coat, expose, and develop each plate before the emulsion dried. Its maker, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866. The portrait belongs to a large group of Civil War-era negatives, and it reflects how officers were photographed for records and keepsakes during the war.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff based on Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Negative sleeve note is: N.B. McLaughlin. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,306 × 5,120 px · prints to 11 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50662 |
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