Colonel Foster, full seated portrait with table and curtain. [salt print] [1861-1865 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0592 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 17.2 x 26.7 cm Order a Copy
Colonel Foster is seated facing the camera with his legs crossed. He is wearing gloves and holds his sword with his left hand. His right arm and hat rest on the table beside him which is covered with a tableloth. Behind him on the left of the image is a decorative curtain. Inscription on recto and verso: "Col Foster." From the Meserve Collection.
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