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Amputation of both Thighs for Gunshot Injury
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
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- 1865
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 1968d460-15a4-44aa-bb80-53869a0935bf
Portrait of Columbus G. Rush sitting in a chair facing the camera. He wears no trousers and his legs have been amputated at the thigh. Scars are visible at the end of each leg where the amputation occurred.
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