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[Unidentified Civil War victim with Vandyke beard, right leg amputated]
Creator
William H. BellAmerican Photographer · 1830–1910
All works by this person →William H. Bell's photographic career was long and varied. In 1848 he entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law in Philadelphia; the pair operated a daguerreian studio for two years, until Bell branched out on his own, at times collaborating with other operators. A veteran of the Mexican War, Bell joined the Union Army and, after fighting in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg during t
More on Getty ULANGetty Museum’s catalogue record
- produced_by.carried_out_by[0].id
- https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/40146381-ec1a-40a7-b570-37a9fe284e2a
- Artist/Maker
- William H. Bell
- subject_of[Homepage].id
- https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107HFS
- Date
- about 1865
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Object Type
- Card photograph
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A man in a loose-fitting shirt holds books in his hands.
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- Object ID
- 1470fd3c-8cfe-4937-a551-66fdaaaae042
- Object Type
- Card photograph
- Getty Museum field “Object Type” · copied as is
- Creator
- William H. Bell
- Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
- Culture
- American
- Getty Museum field “Culture” · copied as is
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Getty Museum field “Medium” · copied as is
- Department
- Photographs
- Getty Museum field “Department” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Getty's classification category is stored as department.
- Credit Line
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Getty Museum field “Standard Credit Line” · the first available of several museum fields
- Getty Museum field “Source Credit Line” · the first available of several museum fields
- Date
- about 1865
- Getty Museum field “Date” · copied as is
- Begin Year
- 1865
- Getty Museum field “produced_by.timespan.begin_of_the_begin” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
- End Year
- 1865
- Getty Museum field “produced_by.timespan.end_of_the_end” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
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[Unidentified Civil War victim with Vandyke beard, right leg amputated]
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