Henry Clay Parker
PhotographerPhotographed by
Bundy & Williams
American, 1887 - 1889
Date1861-1864
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/4 x 1 3/4in. (7 x 4.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 1/4in. (8.9 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 1/4in. (8.9 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of a man wearing a military uniform. He is seated with his legs crossed and has a full beard and mustache.
Object number2012.233.48
InscribedOn verso, in brown ink, "H. Clay Parker / Corporal Co. A 7th Conn. Vols. / Killed at the battle of / Drury's Bluff Va. / May 16th 1864"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Henry Clay Parker was from Essex, Connecticut. He enlisted, and was mustered into the Seventh Regiment Infantry, Company A as a Private on September 5, 1861. He re-enlisted on December 22, 1863. He was promoted to Corporal on April 6, 1864. In May of 1864 he was killed at the Battle of Drury's Bluff, Virginia. (Ruocco, 04/21/12)On View
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