Ambrotype of a Confederate Soldier
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1865
notes: label: Description
content: This intriguing ambrotype shows what appears to be a soldier in a Zouave uniform advancing with weapon in hand. The man shown here-- whether he was a soldier or a civilian portraying one is unknown-- was actually posing for photographer and abolitionist T.P. Collins, likely as a study for a painting.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Westfield
topic: label: general subject association
content: Civil War
label: general subject association
content: Soldiers
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: Subject
content: Men
label: Subject
content: Confederacy
label: Subject
content: Guns
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.004697
label: catalog number
content: 4697
label: accession number
content: 189067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ambrotype
label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (photograph material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm