<I>Gordon under Medical Inspection</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1863; printed later
name: label: Published by
content: Taylor & Huntington, American
label: Photograph by
content: McPherson & Oliver, American
label: Subject of
content: Gordon, American
notes: label: Description
content: A glass plate photographic "magic lantern" slide depicting the bare back of an enslaved man with multiple raised scars. The slide has a black and gold paper sleeve and is in a plain wooden slide mount. There is a short crack in the lower left corner of the upper glass plate. The image depicts a man, often identified as "Gordon," or "Private Gordon," and sometimes as "Peter," seated with his shirtless back to the camera. His proper left hand is on his left hip, his elbow extended, and his face is turned to the left. Along the right side of the sleeve is printed [ORIGINAL WAR VIEWS - 1861-1865] and on the left is [Taylor & Huntington - Hartford, Conn.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Glass plate magic lantern slide of an enslaved man identified as Gordon
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.52ab
objectType: label: Type
content: lantern slides
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: collodion and silver nitrate on glass with wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Slide): 3 1/4 x 4 in. (8.3 x 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Frame): 4 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 3/8 in. (10.8 x 17.5 x 1 cm)