Beschreibung:

Half plate ambrotype of a bearded man displaying his kepi, possibly a Confederate officer's cap. He wears a dark, coat with military buttons but with no other visible insignia. It has been suggested that the subject may have been a Confederate surgeon, who would quite possibly not have worn a formal uniform other than exactly such a cap and coat. The column and posing chair included in this portrait appear to be the same column and chair used in photographs produced by the Rees Gallery in Richmond, VA. The ambrotype displays excellent clarity, with gold-tinted kepi and tinted drapes and upholstery. Housed in a paper case with pencil identification under the plate R. Wilson / Phila. Many if not most Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Confederate army received some training in the famous University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Many Southern student who attended the University of Virginia Medical School went on to study and earn a degree at University of Pennsylvania. Also many probably renewed contacts and settled in Philadelphia after the end of the Civil War. Condition: Scratches at edges of brass mat, else VG+. Case separated at the spine.