The Band of the 33rd Infantry (Elmira Coronet Band)
ArtistPossibly
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1861? or March 1862
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 1/8 × 14 5/8 in. (25.7 × 37.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 17 × 20 1/4 in. (43.2 × 51.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 21 1/8 × 24 in. (53.7 × 61 cm)
Overall, Support: 17 × 20 1/4 in. (43.2 × 51.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 21 1/8 × 24 in. (53.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.4
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Photograph of the Elmira Cornet Band lounging in a field under the shade of trees. Several of the men are wearing hats and playing cards, smoking pipes, and reading. Most of the brass instruments are on the left side of the photo along with the large drum one man is resting upon. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 190). Label TextStudio of Mathew B. Brady American (1823–1896) The Band of the 33rd Infantry (Elmira Coronet Band), 1861 Albumen print on Brady & Co. mount Gift of David L. Hack and by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 98.32.4 Exhibition History"Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection and Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 3 - October 29, 2006; Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC, February 15 - May 28, 2007; Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, July 26 - September 21, 2008. "The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - July 24, 2011.
