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Gift of Clifford T. Alderman  2012.233.7 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John Dean Allison
Gift of Clifford T. Alderman 2012.233.7 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

John Dean Allison

PhotographerPhotographed by Charles DeForest Fredricks American, 1823 - 1894
Date1862-1863
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 5/8 x 2 3/16in. (9.2 x 5.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 5/8 x 2 3/16in. (9.2 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 7/8 x 2 7/16in. (9.8 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of a man wearing a Union uniform with a belt and sword. He has a beard and mustache. His left hand rests on the upholstered and fringed armrest of a photographer's chair.
Object number2012.233.7
InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "John Dean Allison"; in pencil, "husband of / Melissa Jane Dunham / Cromwell, Conn."; other illegible inscriptions include other names; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: John Dean Allison mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty-fourth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on November 18, 1862. He was wounded at Port Hudson, Louisiana, in June 1863, and mustered out in September 1863. (Finlay 4/13/2012)

Description Note: Photographers frequently posed their subjects in an upholstered chair with a single armrest. Lt. Col. Allison is resting his hand on the armrest of such a chair in this studio portrait. (Finlay 4/13/2012)
On View
Not on view
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