Accession Number
2008/2.196.3

Title
Charles G. Halpine, Major, A.A.G., and Bv't. Brig. Gen. Vols., U.S.A.

Artist(s)
Charles DeForest Fredricks

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
circa 1861-1865

Medium & Support
albumen print on paper

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson

Subject matter
In 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 Description
Bust-length portrait of a mustachioed man in a military uniform.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
armed forces
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
military uniforms
moustaches
officers (administrators)
portraits