Carte-de-visite of a boy named Sandy of Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Museum Object and Cultural History
Carte-de-visite of a boy named Sandy of Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Date: 1861-1865. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Sandy, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
An albumen carte-de-visite of a boy identified as "Sandy" of Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Sandy is depicted sitting on a wooden ladder-back chair, facing directly towards the viewer and is smiling. He sits diagonally with his proper left arm folded over the top of the chair and his proper right leg resting on an upturned bucket, his proper right hand on his knee. He is wearing a slouch hat with a center-buttoned shirt, oversized pants, and boots. He is depicted against a plain background. There is a black double line border surrounding the outer edge image. Handwritten in black ink underneath the photograph is [Sandy. Co. A. 15th P.C.] On the verso is a later inscription in graphite that reads, [Servant in Co A, 15th PV Cav., former / slave. "The most / prominent negro singer / in the regt. See page / 208 of the regimental / history for a great / description.]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1861-1865
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Sandy, American
- Subject of: 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, American, 1862 - 1865
- Type: cartes-de-visite
- Type: albumen prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: albumen and silver photographic paper with ink and graphite on card mount
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10 × 6.3 cm)
- Place depicted: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Child musicians
- Topic: Military
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Slavery
- Topic: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Object number: 2018.105.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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