Bearded officer in military coat, oval studio portrait – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Bearded officer in military coat, oval studio portrait, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Bearded officer in military coat, oval studio portrait
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The soft oval vignette, fading from the sitter's coat into a plain background, marks this portrait of a bearded officer as a studio piece rather than a field photograph. Oval vignettes were a popular format in the 1860s and 1870s, when photographers printed head-and-shoulders likenesses on small cards that could be traded, displayed, or kept in albums. Officers often posed in uniform for such portraits, using the coat to show rank and service to families at home. Hung among other images on Gettysburg and Confederate themes, it offers a quieter view of the period, when military men sat for the same cameras as everyone else.
| Original scan | 1,188 × 1,801 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 07033a |
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