Edwin W. Pond
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1862-1865
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionFull-length portrait of a young man wearing a Union uniform. He is standing beside a tree stump, which serves as a studio prop, with his cap resting on the top of the stump. A painted studio backdrop depicts a cannon, tents, and a blasted tree.
Object number2012.233.27
InscribedOn verso, upper right, accession number; center, in black ink, "Edwin W. Pond / Bantam Falls / Conn."; lower right, in pencil, CDV 1781"NotesSubject Note: Edwin W. Pond of Litchfield mustered in as a private in the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery on September 11 1862 and discharged July 8 1865. On the back of this photograph, he gives his address as Bantam Falls. Bantam is a village in the town of Litchfield; prior to the 1880s, it was known as Bantam Falls. (Finlay 4/17/2012)On View
Not on view
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G. W. Roseberry
