Colonel Albert W. Drake
PhotographerPhotographed by
Prescott & Gage
American, 1861 - 1865
Date1861-1862
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 x 2 1/4in. (7.6 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of a man wearing a military uniform. He has a mustache. He is seated in a chair in front of a fluted column on a high base, probably part of a painted studio backdrop.
Object number1988.206.0
InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pencil, "COL ALBERT W DRAKE / CONN VOL"; lower left, in pencil, "88242"; lower right, in pencil, "1988.206.0"NotesSubject Note: Albert W. Drake served with the First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Rifle Company A, and later as a Colonel with the Tenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He died June 5, 1862. He was from Hartford.On View
Not on view
Prescott & Gage
