Frank, Frederick & Alice

Frank, Frederick & Alice

Photograph

Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown

American, estab. 1866

Frank, Frederick & Alice

"The Children of the Battlefield"


1864
Albumen silver print
Image: 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9 × 5.8 cm)
Mount: 4 × 2 5/16 in. (10.1 × 5.9 cm)
Inscriptions printed in black ink on mount recto, BC: FRANK, FREDERICK & ALICE.
printed in black ink on mount verso, TC: "THE CHILDREN OF THE BATTLE FIELD." \ This is a copy of the Ambrotype found in the \ hands of Sergeant Humiston of the 154th N.Y. \ Volunteers as he lay dead on the Battle field \ of Gettysburg. \ The proceeds of the sale of the copies are \ appropriated to the support and education of \ the Orphan Children.
printed in black ink on mount verso, C: [artist's palette logo] \ WENDEROTH, TAYLOR & BROWN \ 912-914 \ Chestnut Street \ Philadelphia.
printed in black ink on mount verso, BC: This Picture is private property, and can not be copied \ without wronging the Orphans for whom it is published. \ Philadelphia, Dec. 3rd, 1864. \ J. Francis Bourns.
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