19th United States Colored Infantry, 1863 - 1867 Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 3 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (9.8 × 6 cm)
Type:
cartes-de-visite
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Date:
1864-1867
Description:
This carte-de-visite has a photographic print depicting Sergeant Jacob Johns seated, facing the viewer with his gloved hands resting on his lap. His right elbow is resting on a small, circular side table, while it appears he is holding his left arm up without support. Johns is wearing an oversized four-button sack coat with an outside slash pocket. His uniform includes sergeant bars sewn onto the sleeves of his coat, pants with a dark stripe down the outer side of each leg, a belt with a rectangular metal belt plate, gloves, a sword and sash, and a medal pinned to his proper left chest. Johns wears a goatee. The carte-de-visite is inscribed and signed in ink along the bottom of the mount, reading "Your Obt. Servt, / Jacob Johns". The reverse of the mount is blank.
