CAPTAIN JAMES SAVAGE WOUNDED AMPUTATED DIED POW PRISONER MASS 2nd FAMILY ALBUM
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:2811074 | Photo Type: CDV |
FAMILY CARTE DE VISITE (CDV)ALBUM FEATURING CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN JAMES SAVAGE. Here is information from theAmerican Civil War Research Database: James Savage, Jr.; Residence BostonMA; a 29 year-old Farmer; Enlisted on 5/24/1861 as a Captain; On5/25/1861 he was commissioned into "D" Co. MA 2nd Infantry; Hedied wounds POW on 10/22/1862 at Charlottesville, VA; He was listedas: POW 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA, Wounded 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA (Seve...rely wounded in leg, amputated); Promotions: Major 7/1/1862, LtColonel 9/17/1862 (Not Mustered). THIS IS A FAMILY ALBUM. Mostof the sitters are identified. Most of the CDVs are by Boston photographers:Black and Case; Whipple; Sonrel; Silsbee, Case & Co.; Horton; Seaver, Jr;Black; Lay. James Wallace Black wasemployed by John Whipple before embarking on his own. The Boston Athenaeumcollects Black’s work.
John Adams Whipple was one of the finest photographers of the time. "He was the first in the United States to manufacturethe chemicals used for daguerreotypes; he pioneered astronomical and nightphotography; he was a prize-winner for his extraordinary early photographs ofthe moon; and he was the first to produce images of stars other than thesun... Between 1847 and 1852 Whipple and astronomer William Cranch Bond, director of the Harvard College Observatory, used Harvard's Great Refractortelescope to produce images of the moon that are remarkable in their clarity ofdetail and aesthetic power. This was the largest telescope in the world at thattime, and their images of the moon took the prize for technical excellence inphotography at the great 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London."(source: Wikipedia) SEE LISTS BELOW FOR SITTERSAND PHOTOGRAPHERS. There are a total of 32 CDVs on20 pages. We think that perhaps thisalbum was never completely filled, and that the pauses in images weredeliberate. There’s no indication that any were removed. So we believe thisalbum is complete.
SITTERS.Page 1) No ID, No IDPage 2) No ID, Judge Luther CushingPage 3) Hon. James Savage, Aunt Hannah Andrews Mother of Catherine FearingPage 4) Empty, EmptyPage 5) Empty, ___ CrosbyPage 6) Helen B. Crosby, Helen B. CrosbyPage 7) Cousin Helen Baylies, Leonard C. BowlesPage 8) Katherine (Lincoln) Bowles, Dr. Robert Treat Paine FiskePage 9) Katherine Bowles, Aunt Mary Corsby + Mary 1846Page 10) William Crosby, William Page CrosbyPage 11) __ WIlliam Crosby Aunt Mary, Lily and Clara CrosbyPage 12) Mary Huldah Crosby, Lizzie Cushing SIster of Mary + Fannie. duaghter of Luther Cushing + maryPage 13) Captain James Savage, EmptyPage 14) Empty, Susan (Barnes) CushingPage 15) Ned Cushing, Mary Rogers Daughter of Prof. Henry Rogers and Elize (Lincoln) RogersPage 16) Edith Rogers, Cousin Mary SargentPage 17) Empty, EmptyPage 18) Empty, Cousin Sue LincolnPage 19) Great Grandma Crosby, Aunt Lily CrosbyPage 20) Image that is considered LONGFELLOW’S CHILDREN (you can look It up, not valuable, but worth mentioning), No ID PHOTOGRAPHERS.Page 1) Black and Case, WhipplePage 2) None, Nixon of BostonPage 3) Whipple, Black Page 4) Empty, EmptyPage 5) Empty, Whipple Page 6) Sonrel of Boston, SonrelPage 7) Silsbee, Case &Co., WhipplePage 8) Whipple, WhipplePage 9) Whipple, Horton ofBostonPage 10) Seaver, Jr. ofBoston, BlackPage 11) Whipple; Silsbee, Case & Co. of BostonPage 12) Black, Sonrel Page 13) Sonrel, EmptyPage 14) Empty, Lay (with taxstamp canceled by LAY) Page 15) Lay (with tax stampcanceled by LAY), Robertson of Glassford Lane, presumably Glasgow, Scotland Page 16) Robertson, WhipplePage 17) Empty, EmptyPage 18) Empty, WhipplePage 19) Atelier Paedo of Geneve(Geneva, Switzerland), Notman of Boston (BRANCHES IN CANADA) Page 20) None, Henszey & Co. of Philadelphia
SIZE. CDVs are approximately 4 x 2 1/2 inches each. Some of these may be slightly smaller or larger. The entire album is approximately 5 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches.
CONDITION. CDVs and pages have varying degrees of soiling and/or foxing. The page with Captain Savage (13) has tears. Outside of album and spine have some wear. Clasp is missing.
APPEARANCE. Overall, sharp portraits with good to very good tones throughout. Lovely dark green album cover with gold edged pages.
John Adams Whipple was one of the finest photographers of the time. "He was the first in the United States to manufacturethe chemicals used for daguerreotypes; he pioneered astronomical and nightphotography; he was a prize-winner for his extraordinary early photographs ofthe moon; and he was the first to produce images of stars other than thesun... Between 1847 and 1852 Whipple and astronomer William Cranch Bond, director of the Harvard College Observatory, used Harvard's Great Refractortelescope to produce images of the moon that are remarkable in their clarity ofdetail and aesthetic power. This was the largest telescope in the world at thattime, and their images of the moon took the prize for technical excellence inphotography at the great 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London."(source: Wikipedia) SEE LISTS BELOW FOR SITTERSAND PHOTOGRAPHERS. There are a total of 32 CDVs on20 pages. We think that perhaps thisalbum was never completely filled, and that the pauses in images weredeliberate. There’s no indication that any were removed. So we believe thisalbum is complete.
SITTERS.Page 1) No ID, No IDPage 2) No ID, Judge Luther CushingPage 3) Hon. James Savage, Aunt Hannah Andrews Mother of Catherine FearingPage 4) Empty, EmptyPage 5) Empty, ___ CrosbyPage 6) Helen B. Crosby, Helen B. CrosbyPage 7) Cousin Helen Baylies, Leonard C. BowlesPage 8) Katherine (Lincoln) Bowles, Dr. Robert Treat Paine FiskePage 9) Katherine Bowles, Aunt Mary Corsby + Mary 1846Page 10) William Crosby, William Page CrosbyPage 11) __ WIlliam Crosby Aunt Mary, Lily and Clara CrosbyPage 12) Mary Huldah Crosby, Lizzie Cushing SIster of Mary + Fannie. duaghter of Luther Cushing + maryPage 13) Captain James Savage, EmptyPage 14) Empty, Susan (Barnes) CushingPage 15) Ned Cushing, Mary Rogers Daughter of Prof. Henry Rogers and Elize (Lincoln) RogersPage 16) Edith Rogers, Cousin Mary SargentPage 17) Empty, EmptyPage 18) Empty, Cousin Sue LincolnPage 19) Great Grandma Crosby, Aunt Lily CrosbyPage 20) Image that is considered LONGFELLOW’S CHILDREN (you can look It up, not valuable, but worth mentioning), No ID PHOTOGRAPHERS.Page 1) Black and Case, WhipplePage 2) None, Nixon of BostonPage 3) Whipple, Black Page 4) Empty, EmptyPage 5) Empty, Whipple Page 6) Sonrel of Boston, SonrelPage 7) Silsbee, Case &Co., WhipplePage 8) Whipple, WhipplePage 9) Whipple, Horton ofBostonPage 10) Seaver, Jr. ofBoston, BlackPage 11) Whipple; Silsbee, Case & Co. of BostonPage 12) Black, Sonrel Page 13) Sonrel, EmptyPage 14) Empty, Lay (with taxstamp canceled by LAY) Page 15) Lay (with tax stampcanceled by LAY), Robertson of Glassford Lane, presumably Glasgow, Scotland Page 16) Robertson, WhipplePage 17) Empty, EmptyPage 18) Empty, WhipplePage 19) Atelier Paedo of Geneve(Geneva, Switzerland), Notman of Boston (BRANCHES IN CANADA) Page 20) None, Henszey & Co. of Philadelphia
SIZE. CDVs are approximately 4 x 2 1/2 inches each. Some of these may be slightly smaller or larger. The entire album is approximately 5 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches.
CONDITION. CDVs and pages have varying degrees of soiling and/or foxing. The page with Captain Savage (13) has tears. Outside of album and spine have some wear. Clasp is missing.
APPEARANCE. Overall, sharp portraits with good to very good tones throughout. Lovely dark green album cover with gold edged pages.
