Accession Number2008/2.196.3
TitleCharles G. Halpine, Major, A.A.G., and Bv't. Brig. Gen. Vols., U.S.A.
Artist(s)Charles DeForest FredricksArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Datecirca 1861-1865Medium & Supportalbumen print on paperCredit LineGift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. AdelsonSubject matterIn this photograph, the head and shoulders of United States Army brevet general Charles G. Halpine hover amid a blank white field. The buttons and shoulder plaque on his dark coat are all that signal his military status. Halpine served during the American Civil War (1861-65), before and after which he was occupied as a journalist, author, and editor. Here he poses for Charles DeForest Fredricks, a New York-based photographer known for cartes-de-visite.
Physical DescriptionBust-length portrait of a mustachioed man in a military uniform.
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Keywords
armed forces
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
military uniforms
moustaches
officers (administrators)
portraits