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[JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN ("Stonewall"), General, C.S.A. (1824-1863)] Photograph of Jackson, Assistant Quartermaster Fred A. Briscoe, James Briscoe, and "Smitty," a slave, at Jackson's Headquarters, reportedly in the field near Winchester, Va., [Summer 1862(?), printed ca.1910]. 148 x 201 mm. (5.13/16 x 7.13/16 in.) including mount with printed logo of "Klinedinst Washington D.C." in right-hand border, the mount slightly yellowed, not affecting the print.
STONEWALL JACKSON, 1862, IN CAMP: A UNIQUE PRINT FROM THE ORIGINAL AMBROTYPE, WHICH IS PRESUMED DESTROYED
This unique photograph is an exceptional "snap-shot" of Jackson in a relaxed, informal pose, in camp between campaigns. Made by a well-known Washington photographer's studio, ca.1910, it constitutes the only surviving print from the one original ambrotype, now missing and believed destroyed. The detail evident in the excellent quality print is quite remarkable. All other known photographs of this legendary Confederate commander (four in all, two war-date) are formal, studio portraits. This image constitutes the only known one of Jackson in the field, and is also the sole full-length view of Jackson in existence. Jackson, in slouch hat, trousers, campaign jacket and tall boots, leans against a log fence. Behind him is an open canvas tent with a soldier (James Briscoe), seated on a stool, looking toward the camera. Through the tent another tent is visible a short distance behind; at the left, in the background, is part of a frame structure. Just outside the tent stands Fred A. Briscoe, Jackson's Assistant Quartermaster, wearing a black bowler hat, and on the near side of the log fence stands an African-American slave identified in Briscoe family tradition as "Smitty," holding a milk pail and waterbucket. Jackson's unpretentious attire in this photograph parallels John Esten Cooke's description of the general, whose "outward appearance...was not imposing. He wore an old sun-embrowned coat...The remainder of the General's costume was as much discolored as the coat. He wore cavalry boots reaching up to the knee, and his head was surmounted by an old cap, more faded than all; the sun had turned it quite yellow indeed, and it tilted forward so far over the wearer's forehead that he was compelled to raise his chin...in order to look under the rim" (quoted in J. Bower, Stonewall Jackson: Portrait of a Soldier, p.221). In May and June 1862, Jackson fought his celebrated Shenandoah Valley Campaign, "one of the most brilliant operations of military history" (Boatner); and later joined Lee on the Peninsula.
Provenance:
1. Fred A. Briscoe, Assistant Quartermaster, C.S.A., shown in the photograph standing at the edge of the tent, facing Jackson
2. Louise Briscoe, a descendant of the above
3. Mark Katz, photographic historian (author of Custer in Photographs, Witness to an Era), acquired from the executor of the Briscoe estate. A letter describing the history of the now lost ambrotype accompanies the lot: "The original ambrotype was never found and is presumed destroyed....The image...is presumed to be the only copy." Published, with a brief caption in Incidents of the War, vol.3, no.1 (Spring 1988), p.10.
4. The present owner
STONEWALL JACKSON, 1862, IN CAMP: A UNIQUE PRINT FROM THE ORIGINAL AMBROTYPE, WHICH IS PRESUMED DESTROYED
This unique photograph is an exceptional "snap-shot" of Jackson in a relaxed, informal pose, in camp between campaigns. Made by a well-known Washington photographer's studio, ca.1910, it constitutes the only surviving print from the one original ambrotype, now missing and believed destroyed. The detail evident in the excellent quality print is quite remarkable. All other known photographs of this legendary Confederate commander (four in all, two war-date) are formal, studio portraits. This image constitutes the only known one of Jackson in the field, and is also the sole full-length view of Jackson in existence. Jackson, in slouch hat, trousers, campaign jacket and tall boots, leans against a log fence. Behind him is an open canvas tent with a soldier (James Briscoe), seated on a stool, looking toward the camera. Through the tent another tent is visible a short distance behind; at the left, in the background, is part of a frame structure. Just outside the tent stands Fred A. Briscoe, Jackson's Assistant Quartermaster, wearing a black bowler hat, and on the near side of the log fence stands an African-American slave identified in Briscoe family tradition as "Smitty," holding a milk pail and waterbucket. Jackson's unpretentious attire in this photograph parallels John Esten Cooke's description of the general, whose "outward appearance...was not imposing. He wore an old sun-embrowned coat...The remainder of the General's costume was as much discolored as the coat. He wore cavalry boots reaching up to the knee, and his head was surmounted by an old cap, more faded than all; the sun had turned it quite yellow indeed, and it tilted forward so far over the wearer's forehead that he was compelled to raise his chin...in order to look under the rim" (quoted in J. Bower, Stonewall Jackson: Portrait of a Soldier, p.221). In May and June 1862, Jackson fought his celebrated Shenandoah Valley Campaign, "one of the most brilliant operations of military history" (Boatner); and later joined Lee on the Peninsula.
Provenance:
1. Fred A. Briscoe, Assistant Quartermaster, C.S.A., shown in the photograph standing at the edge of the tent, facing Jackson
2. Louise Briscoe, a descendant of the above
3. Mark Katz, photographic historian (author of Custer in Photographs, Witness to an Era), acquired from the executor of the Briscoe estate. A letter describing the history of the now lost ambrotype accompanies the lot: "The original ambrotype was never found and is presumed destroyed....The image...is presumed to be the only copy." Published, with a brief caption in Incidents of the War, vol.3, no.1 (Spring 1988), p.10.
4. The present owner