Carte de visite of Sgt. Jacob Johns (19th USCT)
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Johns, Jacob, American, died 1867
- 19th United States Colored Infantry, 1863 - 1867
- Date
- 1864-1867
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (9.8 × 6 cm)
- Description
- This carte-de-visite has a photographic print depicting Sergeant Jacob Johns seated, facing the viewer with his gloved hands resting on his lap. His right elbow is resting on a small, circular side table, while it appears he is holding his left arm up without support. Johns is wearing an oversized four-button sack coat with an outside slash pocket. His uniform includes sergeant bars sewn onto the sleeves of his coat, pants with a dark stripe down the outer side of each leg, a belt with a rectangular metal belt plate, gloves, a sword and sash, and a medal pinned to his proper left chest. Johns wears a goatee. The carte-de-visite is inscribed and signed in ink along the bottom of the mount, reading "Your Obt. Servt, / Jacob Johns". The reverse of the mount is blank.
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.