Historical Indulgences

ca. 1885, [carte de visite of an elaborate photomontage composed of at least five different images, including a cavalry swordsman on wooden horse and a severed living head], Victor Coue

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery Cataloge #35

ca. 1861, [gilded, hand colored tintype portrait of two boys “playing war”, dressed in uniforms and standing in front of a amateurish, painted backdrop]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of three soldiers; one brandishing a knife and pistol, another a very serious demeanor, and the other a complacent grin and tinted cheeks]

via the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

ca. 1860-1880’s, [tintype portrait of a smokey, wooded campsite, possibly a Union or Confederate encampment]

via Ebay

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman soldier in Mexican war-era uniform]

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite portrait of Capt. Irving F. Wilcox, 1st Michigan and Veteran Reserve Corps, post injury], Matthew Brady

Flowing ink inscription on verso reads, “Yours Truly/I F Wilcox/14th Regt. VRC.” Wilcox enlisted in the 1st Michigan as Company A. First Sergeant in July 1861 and was present at Gaines Mill where he was wounded. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Wilcox fought at 2nd Bull Run where he lost his left eye. The young officer convalesced and became Adjutant of the 1st Michigan before joining the Veteran Reserve Corps in September 1863 rising to the rank of Captain when this photograph was taken. Notice the scars from the August 1862 wound as well as the replacement glass eye.

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1861-65, [hand-colored ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in uniform with a cavalry sword and revolver]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1852-55, [daguerreotype portrait of Edwin Stanton, with his son Edwin Lamson Stanton]

via the Library of Congress, Daguerreotype Collection

ca. 1863, [albumen portrait of a gentleman in a chainmail tunic, posing as a dying soldier], Adrien Constant de Rebecque

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1861-65, [albumen print of the ruins at the end of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge], Alexander Gardner

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

ca. 1861-65, [tintype portrait of a well-armed Union soldier with three Remington revolvers, two Bowie knives, and a Springfield rifle musket]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1870’s, [tintype studio portrait of a 5th Cavalry Indian Wars soldier]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1850’s, [portrait of a gentleman with a child and medal on his chest]

via the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Daguerreobase