Image ID: AMFL

Credit:

by Brady studios (DC & NY)

Date:

1865-1870

Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in. tetraplex

Equipment:

book; drapery; table

Military Units:

Army of the Shenandoah (USA); Cavalry Corps; Department of the Missouri; Middle Military Division; US Army

Persons:

Sheridan (Philip H.)

Sources:

Chrysler Museum of Art

Chrysler Museum says: Philip Henry Sheridan. [ca. 1863. Overall, Support: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm) Overall, Image: 3 5/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.4 x 5.7 cm). Albumen print. Handwritten in ink below image on mount: “Phil. Sheridan”. In pencil on reverse at top: “Sheridan”. Imprint on reverse: “Published by / E. & H. T. ANTHONY & Co. / 591 Broadway / New York. / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE, / in / BRADY’S / National Portrait Gallery”. This albumen carte de visite is a portrait of General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), Union general in Civil War. He is standing with his left hand at his side; right hand in his uniform coat (Napoleonic pose). To his left is a drape which partially obscures a table with a book on it. The mount is rectangular with rounded corners, gilt border of double lines around the image.]

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