Civil War Monuments
PhotographerPhotographed by
Walter E. Clark
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas Waite
British-American, 1859 - 1924
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateafter 1888
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 1/8 x 3 3/4in. (15.6 x 9.5cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/8 x 3 3/4in. (15.6 x 9.5cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 6 5/8 x 4 1/4in. (16.8 x 10.8cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 6 1/8 x 3 3/4in. (15.6 x 9.5cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 6 5/8 x 4 1/4in. (16.8 x 10.8cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionViews of three Civil War monuments, the monument to General Nathaniel Lyon in Eastford, Connecticut, and monuments in Brooklyn and Suffield, Connecticut. The monuments in Brooklyn and Suffield feature solders standing leaning on their rifles atop high bases. The monument in Eastford is surmounted by an eagle and features a bas-relief of General Lyon on horseback. The Lyon monument is surrounded by a low chain fence and gravestones. Frame buildings are in the backgrounds of the other two views. A leafless tree, evidently an elm, appears in the picture of the monument in Brooklyn.
Object number2012.233.210-.212
Inscribed2012.233.210: On verso, in pencil, "Suffield Monument / Civil War / John Wilkes Layton"; printed in red ink, "MONUMENT / WAS DESIGNED AND MADE BY / STEPHEN MASLEN, / Hartford, Conn."All photographs: On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbersNotesConstituent Note: Karl Gerhardt, whose copyright notice appears on the photograph of the monument in Brooklyn, Connecticut, was the sculptor of that monument. He was probably not the person who took the photograph. (Finlay 3/13/2014)
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