Gordon under Medical Inspection
Glass plate magic lantern slide of an enslaved man identified as Gordon
- Published by
- Taylor & Huntington, American
- Photograph by
- McPherson & Oliver, American
- Subject of
- Gordon, American
- Date
- 1863; printed later
- Medium
- collodion and silver nitrate on glass with wood
- Dimensions
- H x W (Slide): 3 1/4 x 4 in. (8.3 x 10.2 cm)
- H x W (Frame): 4 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 3/8 in. (10.8 x 17.5 x 1 cm)
- Description
- A glass plate photographic "magic lantern" slide depicting the bare back of an enslaved man with multiple raised scars. The slide has a black and gold paper sleeve and is in a plain wooden slide mount. There is a short crack in the lower left corner of the upper glass plate. The image depicts a man, often identified as "Gordon," or "Private Gordon," and sometimes as "Peter," seated with his shirtless back to the camera. His proper left hand is on his left hip, his elbow extended, and his face is turned to the left. Along the right side of the sleeve is printed [ORIGINAL WAR VIEWS - 1861-1865] and on the left is [Taylor & Huntington - Hartford, Conn.].
- Place captured
- Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Type
- lantern slides
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Emancipation
- Fugitive enslaved
- Health
- Identity
- Medicine
- Military
- Photography
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.52ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




