Full length portrait of an unidentified Union soldier. Backmark of W.H. Furbush, Delaware, Ohio, as well as his penciled notes for correctly coloring an enlargement. William Hines Furbush (b.1839) was an African American photographer in Delaware, Ohio, who left that town during the Civil War to ply his trade at Union Army camp at Helena, Arkansas. He remained in Arkansas and became one of the first black legislators and sheriffs in the state. Source: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=15. Provenance: Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography Condition: Edge/corner wear, soiling, and minor stains.
Full length portrait of an unidentified Union soldier. Backmark of W.H. Furbush, Delaware, Ohio, as well as his penciled notes for correctly coloring an enlargement. William Hines Furbush (b.1839) was an African American photographer in Delaware, Ohio, who left that town during the Civil War to ply his trade at Union Army camp at Helena, Arkansas. He remained in Arkansas and became one of the first black legislators and sheriffs in the state. Source: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=15. Provenance: Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography Condition: Edge/corner wear, soiling, and minor stains.
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