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John Henry Doolittle

Date1862-1864

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount in wood and gilt frame under glass

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (14 x 12.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 9 3/4 x 8in. (24.8 x 20.3cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/2in. (33.7 x 28.6 x 3.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection

DescriptionHalf-length studio portrait of a man wearing a uniform. He has a beard and mustache and is seated with his left hand resting on his thigh and his right elbow resting on a table covered with a tablecloth.

Object number2012.233.204

InscribedOn verso of wooden backing, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: John Henry Doolittle mustered in as a lieutenant in the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on September 8, 1862. He achieved the rank of captain and was discharged on November 28, 1864. (Finlay 3/13/2014)

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