Accession Number2008/2.196.16
TitleCommander Napoleon Collins
Artist(s)Object Creation Datecirca 1862-1865Medium & Supportalbumen print on paperCredit LineGift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. AdelsonSubject matterCommander Collins furrows his eyebrows as he gazes to the left out of the picture plane. He sits in his naval uniform against a blank background. Here he poses for the photographer Mathew Brady, whose studio produced a large number of cartes-de-visite of noteworthy United States Army and Navy officers during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Physical DescriptionHalf-length, seated portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform.
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Keywords
armed forces
beards
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
military uniforms
officers (administrators)
portraits