John F. Edgecomb
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harris & King
American
Date1861-1864
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/4 x 2 1/8in. (8.3 x 5.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/4 x 2 1/8in. (8.3 x 5.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 1/2in. (10.2 x 6.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/4 x 2 1/8in. (8.3 x 5.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 1/2in. (10.2 x 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionHalf-length seated portrait of a young man wearing a Union uniform. His jacket is unbuttoned, revealing a vest beneath.
Object number2012.233.20
InscribedOn verso, upper right, in black ink, "John F. Edgecomb / North Stonington, / Conn."; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: John F. Edgecomb of North Stonington was mustered in as a private in the Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on October 10 1861. He was transferred to the Thirty-Second Company Second Battalion Veterans Reserve Corps on January 25 1864. He was discharged on September 21 1864. (Finlay 4/14/2012)On View
Not on view
Charles Bird King
October 1832
N.A. & R.A. Moore
