Ambrotype Photograph, Confederate Colonel Van Manning
Object number2008.262.22
Dateca 1865
Mediumleather, metal
Dimensions3 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (9.5 x 16.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum
DescriptionAmbrotype of Confederate Colonel Van Manning. The oval image depicts a man dressed in military uniform from the waist up. The ambrotype is housed in a hinged wooden case, covered in dark leather embossed with a Victorian design. The interior is lined with reddish-orange velvet.The ambrotype is a type of photograph that uses a glass negative with a black background making the image appears positive. Popular during the 1850's and 1860's. Patented by James Ambrose Cutting.
Status
Not on view
