Ambrotype of a man, identified as E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) Ellsworth (1837-1861), in an oval brass mat and brass preserver in a case of a copy photograph

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Description

Title: Ambrotype of a man, identified as E. E. (Elmer Ephraim) Ellsworth (1837-1861), in an oval brass mat and brass preserver in a case of a copy photograph
Creator: From the Collection: Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962
Contributor: From the Collection: Kunhardt, Dorothy, 1901-1979
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W.
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982-
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., 1928-2006
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., III, 1951-
From the Collection: Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation
Published / Created: circa 1861
Description: Full leather case with a velvet pad Inscription on paper lining under the image package: "Col. E. E. Ellsworth, Shot Friday, May 24th 1861" Formerly owned by Gertrude Kellogg, 1843-1903 Meserve Number MES49433
Provenance: Purchased from MKF Funding, Llc, Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and with a gift from the Rice Family Foundation, 2015. Gift of Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, 2015.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1430

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Container / Volume

Box 47, folder 840

Access: Public
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Citation: Meserve-Kunhardt Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.