- Photograph by
- Cushing, Henry C., American, 1833 - 1896
- Subject of
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1862-1884
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (9 × 5 cm)
- H x W x D (card): 3 15/16 × 2 1/4 in. (10 × 5.7 cm)
- Description
- A reddish-brown photograph of an unidentified Union soldier posed in a photographer’s studio. The man is standing slightly off-center and is wearing a nine-button frock coat with a high collar. The coat has contrasting piping around the collar and sleeves. He is also wearing straight trousers, heavy boots, and a slouched kepi hat with a leather band. He is standing, looking straight at the camera, in front of a colonnade railing with fluted rock supports. Though it is too faded to see, there is presumably an idyllic city or landscape behind him. His left hand is propped on a low riser next to a column topped with a hanging flag and tassels. The back of the photograph has a studio mark at center that reads “Photographed by/ CUSHING,/Woodstock, VT.” Also printed on the back at the bottom of the card is “Negatives Preserved.”
- Place captured
- Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2018.43.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




