Riley – Historic Photograph 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 Riley brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This is a single glass negative titled "Riley," though the title comes from an unverified note on its sleeve, so the sitter's identity should be treated as uncertain. The negative was made by the photographer David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866, using the wet collodion process, which coated glass plates with a light-sensitive emulsion that had to be exposed and developed before it dried. The record dates the negative to 1860, a year before the war began, yet the collection files it under Civil War photographs, and a later hand scratched "1898" into the emulsion. That mix of dates is worth weighing when you consider when and why the image was made.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative scratched on emulsion: 1898. 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 | 5,120 × 2,553 px · prints to 17 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50930 |
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