2010.91: Commander William B. Cushing (1843-1874) [with ghost image]

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2010.91

People

William H. Mumler, American (Boston 1832 - 1884 Boston)
Commander William B. Cushing

Title

Commander William B. Cushing (1843-1874) [with ghost image]

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

carte-de-visite, photograph

Date

c. 1870

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/174526

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 9.5 x 5.6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
mount: 10.6 x 6.3 cm (4 3/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: verso, center, pre-printed mount: Specialty by Mumler.
  170 West Springfield St.
  Boston, Mass.
• stamp: verso, center: Harvard College Library
  From
  The Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell
  1918
• inscription: verso, top center, pencil: Col. Cushing
• inscription: verso, top along right side, pen: Cushing, Col
• inscription: verso, top along left side, pencil: 587

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell

Accession Year

2010

Object Number

2010.91

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/13/2008 - 10/19/2008
• A History of Photography, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/03/2015 - 01/03/2016

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