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Image Not Available for Col. Alfred H. Terry
Col. Alfred H. Terry
Image Not Available for Col. Alfred H. Terry

Col. Alfred H. Terry

Dateabout 1860
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 1/2 x 5in. (16.5 x 12.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 7/8 x 9in. (30.2 x 22.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 11 7/8 x 9in. (30.2 x 22.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice Collins
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a man with a mustache and beard. He is wearing a wool coat and a shirt and necktie.
Object number1938.35.0
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in red ink, "49387"; in pencil, "49387"; in black ink, "Col. Alfred H. Terry"; upper center, in pencil, "Major General Alfred Howe Terry / (1827-1890)"; lower center, in pencil, "Neg. 1652" "1938.35.0"NotesSubject Note: Alfred H. Terry was born in Hartford and grew up in New Haven. He raised and led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers that fought at Bull Run. He later served with the Seventh Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. (Finlay 3/22/2011)
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