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Portrait Head.
Totonac, Remojadas. Veracruz, south-central Gulf Coast, Mexico. A.D. 250/550
French Grenadier Sapeur, Crimean War.
Unidentified Soldier in Union Cavalry Uniform with Stocked Colt Pistol, Remington, and Cavalry Saber
[between 1861 and 1865] sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.4 cm (case)
Kentucky, being a border state, was among the chief places where the "Brother against brother" scenario was prevalent. Kentucky was officially neutral at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union for assistance, and thereafter became solidly under Union control. Kentucky was the site of fierce battles, such as Mill Springs and Perryville.
Notes: Soldier possibly from Kentucky. photo lightenedbyCivilWarParlor
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Amazing beard…
ca. 1880’s, [carte de visite portrait of a bearded gent, perhaps a retired sailor, with tiny monkey perched on his shoulder], Cayol Freres Marseille
ca. 1860-1880, [tintype portrait of a bespectacled and bearded gentleman wearing a rich paisley robe, a floral cap and a large, hand-tinted cravat]
via Cowan’s Auctions
Bacchic Mask
Bronze
Roman, 1st Century AD
The ivy wreath is clearly visibly on the head complete with bunches of grapes. His long beard is beautifully rendered, fanning out in twisted corkscrews.
ca. 1861, [Tintype portrait of Joseph Smith, with his tenor horn, of Evansville, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band]
ca. 1880-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of Annie Jones, “Bearded Lady”], Charles Eisenmann
ca. 1860-1880, [ambrotype portrait two heavily bearded gentlemen in pajama-like costumes and elongated cone hats, possibly clowns]
