| Contributor |
Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer. |
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Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 engraver. |
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Earle, James S., photographer. |
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 photographer. |
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Germon, W. L. photographer. |
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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 photographer. |
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Magee, James, printer. |
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Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885 engraver. |
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Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895 engraver. |
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Walter, Adam B., 1820-1875 engraver. |
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Boell, William, publisher. |
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Dainty, John, publisher. |
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J. Hall & Co., publisher. |
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Haynes, C. Younglove, publisher. |
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L. Prang & Co., publisher. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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McAllister & Brother, publisher. |
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Wm. S. & A. Martien, publisher. |
| Title |
Civil War scrapbook of portraits [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860-1910 |
| Date |
ca. 1861-1890 |
| Physical Description |
1 scrapbook (ca. 276 prints, photographs, and ephemera): engraving, lithograph, albumen, albumen on carte de visite mount,
photomechanical print; 36 x 27 cm (14 x 10.5 in.)
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| Description |
Scrapbook of portraiture of Civil War military and political figures containing cartes de visite, card portraits, portrait
prints, newspaper clippings, caricatures, book illustrations, trade cards, souvenir cards, funeralia, and scraps. Includes
funeralia in memory of Elmer Ellsworth; several card portraits engraved by Stencrel/Stenzel? and published by L. Prang & Co.
and Wm S. & A. Martien; portrait prints inscribed on the verso, "Dinner of the General Wm. B. Meade Post"; and a print and
a photograph portrait with amateur ink and goauche hand-coloring. Carte de visite caricatures include Bombastes Furioso; The
Copperhead; Crossing the Rocky Mountain; How to Make a Brigadier; The Napoleon of the 69th; and A Public Nuisance. Also contains
a carte de visite portrait of the injured Col. Robert Nugent of the 69th N.Y. Infantry; a carte de visite portrait of flag-waving
patriot Barbara Frietchie; several unidentified cartes de visite portraits of Union military personnel; and a Harper's Weekly
clipping showing the execution of deserter William Johnson. Non-Civil War era material includes a circa 1890 photomechanical
reproduction of General Grant and the Chinese Viceroy Li Hongzhang also known as Li Hung Chang.
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Sitters include G.T. Beauregard; Charles Boggs, Don Carlos Buell; Benjamin Butler, boy Sergeant John Clem; Michael Corcoran;
Native American military officer, Rev. Lewis Downing, Lt. Col. 3rd Indian Home Guards; Elmer Ellsworth; John C. Fremont; Barbara
Frietchie; Ulysses S. Grant; Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton Halleck; Henry Wager Halleck; Joseph Hooker; John William Hofmann; Thomas
L. Kane; Benjamin Franklin Kelley; Nathaniel Lyon, Peter Lyle, Irvin McDowell; George Gordon Meade; General (James E.?) Montgomery;
J.K. Murphy; Robert Nugent; and Andrew Porter.
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| Notes |
Various artists and photographers including Mathew Brady, John Chester Buttre, Earles' Galleries, Alexander Gardner, Frederick
Gutekunst, James E. McClees, James Magee, George E. Perine, A.H. Ritchie, and A.B. Walker.
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Various publishers and distributors including Boell, John Dainty, J. Hall & Co., C.Y. Haynes, L.Prang & Co, McAllister & Brother,
and Wm. S. & A. Martien.
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Disbound scrapbook pages re-housed in folders in three boxes. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 -- Portraits. |
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Boggs, Charles Stuart, 1811-1888 -- Portraits. |
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Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898 -- Portraits. |
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Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858 -- Portraits. |
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Clem, John Lincoln, 1851-1937 -- Portraits. |
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Corcoran, Michael, 1827-1863 -- Portraits. |
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Downing, Lewis -- Portraits. |
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Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862 -- Portraits. |
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Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 -- Portraits. |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Portraits. |
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Halleck, Elizabeth Hamilton -- Portraits. |
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Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 -- Portraits. |
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Hofmann, John William, 1824-1902 -- Portraits. |
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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 -- Portraits. |
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Kane, Thomas Leiper, 1822-1883 -- Portraits. |
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Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891 -- Portraits. |
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Li, Hongzhang, 1823-1901 -- Portraits. |
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Lyon, Nathaniel, d. 1861 -- Portraits. |
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Lyle, Peter 1821-1879, -- Portraits. |
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McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885 -- Portraits. |
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Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 -- Portraits. |
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Montgomery, James E. -- Portraits. |
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Murphy, J. K. (John K.) -- Portraits. |
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Nugent, Robert -- Portraits. |
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Porter, Andrew 1820-1872 -- Portraits. |
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AAPI. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Caricatures -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
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Engravings -- 1860-1880. |
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Ephemera -- 1860-1870. |
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Inscriptions -- 1860-1870. |
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Letterpress works -- 1860-1870. |
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Lithographs -- 1860-1880. |
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Photomechanical prints -- 1880-1890. |
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Portrait prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Scrapbooks -- 1860-1890. |
| Printer |
Boell, William, publisher. |
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Dainty, John, publisher. |
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Haynes, C. Younglove, publisher. |
| Printer |
J. Hall & Co., publisher. |
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L. Prang & Co., publisher. |
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McAllister & Brother, publisher. |
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Wm. S. & A. Martien, publisher. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(1)5775.F] |
| Accession number |
(1)5775.F |
