Loading
Portrait of a Union Army Zouave, Infantry Private, 1861-1865
1861/1865
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This carte-de-visite features an unknown Union Army Zouave infantry private standing in a photographer's studio, about 1863. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Portrait of a Union Army Zouave, Infantry Private, 1861-1865
- Date Created: 1861/1865
- Subject Keywords: United States. Army, Civil wars, Military uniforms, Soldiers, Zouaves, American Civil War, 1861-1865, Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs), Card photographs (Photographs), Photographs, Studio portraits
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
- Object ID: 2005.0.21.3
- Image ID: THF211736
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
