Amon Carter print details

The Famous Highlanders of New York City

Object Details

  • Date

    1885, published 1886

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Published by U. S. Instantaneous Photographic Company

  • Object Format

    Album

  • Dimensions

    Image: 9 13/16 x 11 9/16 in.
    Mount: 14 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. in image: COPYRIGHT 1886 BY THE U.S. INST. PHOTO. CO, \ 141

    Mount:

    l.c. [printed]: THE FAMOUS HIGHLANDERS OF NEW YORK CITY, \ In their National Costume, the full Highland Dress, under the Veteran Capt. Joseph Laing, who, with this fighting Regiment, rendered four \ year's service in the Civil War, and returned, leaving half their original organization on the field of the dead. \ The Bagpipe Band escorted these Veterans up Broadway. \ 141

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.20.16.67

  • Copyright

    Public domain

This artwork is part of Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant in New York, August 8, 1885

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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