Private George Warner and His Family
PhotographerPhotographed by
Peck Brothers
(American, 1865 - 1868)
Date1865-1868
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.9 x 5.4 cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2003.17.0
DescriptionStudio portrait of a man, his wife, and six children. The man is seated and wears a coat with empty sleeves, because both arms have been amputated. He has a beard and mustache. His wife sits beside him holding a cannon ball. She holds an infant in her lap. A small girl and a small boy are seated at her feet. An older girl stands between her mother and father. Two additional boys are at the right.
NotesSubject Note: Private George Warner of Bethany Connecticut enlisted 5 August 1862. He was mustered in on 8 September 1862 to the 20th Connecticut Infantry, Company B. He was wounded 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and discharged for disability 7 October 1863. Source: "Record of service of Connecticut men in the army and navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion / compiled by authority of the General Assembly under the direction of the adjutants-general ... "
Publisher: Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co., [1997]
Reprint. Originally published in Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889.
Status
Not on view
James Sidney Brainard
Davis & Sanford
