Portrait of a USCT Private

American 19th Century, 1863-1865

The image is a portrait of a man's upper body. He is seated, facing the camera directly, with a serious expression. The man has dark, curly hair and is wearing a dark hat, jacket, and light-colored scarf. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: American 19th Century ¹
Date: 1863-1865 ¹
Medium: tintype with applied color ¹
Original: 4,575 × 5,248 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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A woman kneels and gazes at a nude baby boy half-sitting on the ground to the left in this vertical painting. A man with a gray beard and hair kneels to the left, and all three people have gold halos.

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