Details

UNKNOWN MAKER Soldier and companion Quarter-plate tintype. Circa 1861-1865. Leather case.

Literature

Wilson, Hidden Witness:African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War, pp. 126-127; "Facing History: Images of African-Americans Illuminate a Proud Past, Smithsonian Magazine, Noevmeber 1999, p. 139.

Exhibited

Photographs from Detroit Collections: An Exhibition Inaugurating the Albert and Peggy de Salle Gallery of Photographs, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1983;
Hidden Witness:African-Americans in Early Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 29 February - 18 June 1995.