[John Spaulding]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[John Spaulding]
ca. 1860
Ambrotype with applied color
Image: 2 × 1 1/2 in. (5.1 × 3.8 cm) (1/9 plate)
Case: 2 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 11/16 in. (7.3 × 6.4 × 1.7 cm)
Purchase
1969.0204.0002
Inscriptions Inscribed on paper attached to brass mat inside of case: John Spaulding \ Died in Andersonville \ Prison
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 112
Entry 112 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Nice miniature ambrotype of John Spaulding who died in terrible Southern Andersonville prison. Northern soldier taken prisoner during Civil War. Pictured likely taken in Mass. because gift plate made in Worcester. (gift)
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 112
Entry 112 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Nice miniature ambrotype of John Spaulding who died in terrible Southern Andersonville prison. Northern soldier taken prisoner during Civil War. Pictured likely taken in Mass. because gift plate made in Worcester. (gift)
