Accession number
PML 88953.2
Creator
Allen, E. L. (Edward L.), photographer.
Published
Boston, 1862
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Photographer's name and address printed at bottom: Allen, 13 Winter St.
Description
1 photographic print : albumen ; 102 x 63 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in ink on verso: "Truly yr. friend, J.W. Champney, July 1863. Taken Sept. 62."
Provenance
Laid into a copy of Lizzie W. Champney's In the sky-garden, illustrated by J. Wells Champney (1877), originally owned by A. E. F. Rice; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein. See PML 88953.1.
Summary
Studio portrait of James Wells Champney wearing his 45th Massachusetts Volunteers uniform, with his coat open and left thumb in his vest pocket, next to a table upon which his hat rests.
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