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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2009.387.1  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
A Mortar Battery..
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2009.387.1 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.

A Mortar Battery..

Dateprobably 1887
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (recto image height x width): 3 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (7.9 x 11.1cm)
Sheet (recto height x width): 3 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (7.9 x 11.1cm)
Primary Dimensions (verso image height x width): 3 1/8 x 2 1/2in. (7.9 x 6.4cm)
Sheet (verso height x width): 3 1/8 x 2 1/2in. (7.9 x 6.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/2 x 7in. (11.4 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionOn recto, men in Civil War uniforms stand beside three large mortars located in what appears to be a deep trench.

On verso, Bust-length portrait of Jefferson Davis
Object number2009.387.1
InscribedOn recto and verso, in left margin, printed in dark blue ink, "THE WAR FOR THE UNION."

On recto and verso, in right margin, printed in dark blue ink, "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY."

On recto, in lower margin, printed in dark blue ink, "No. 375. A MORTAR BATTERY. / This is one of the heavy sea coast mortar batteries planted before Yorktown by the First Conn. Heavy Artillery. The seige laid there / forced the Rebels to abandon the position, and only a few of the many heavy batteries established by McClellan had a chance to open on / the place."

On verso, in lower margin, printed in dark blue ink, "No. 1453. JEFF DAVIS. / This photograph of the arch traitor was taken by a Richmond photographer durng the war, and is a good likeness of him, as he looked in 1863."; lower right, in pencil, accession number
NotesDate Note: Taylor and Huntington were exhibiting and selling Civil War views at their gallery on State Street, Hartford in late July and early August, 1887 (Hartford Courant, July 26 and August 3, 1887).
On View
Not on view
Up-side-down view of 1950.84.0
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1861-1865
Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2389, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
George W. Avery
1861-1865
2002.116.19, close up.
Beers & Mansfield
1861-1870
Carolan.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1840-1844
Gift of Michael Shortell, 2004.16.2  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
Saturday, 15 June 1861
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1961.86.0.12 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Bundy & Williams
mid 19th-late 19th century
Gift of Mary Edwards, 1983.144.2.8 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
H. J. Rodgers
1860s