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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Two Seated Confederate Officers
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Two Seated Confederate Officers

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
DateNo Date
MediumDaguerreotype
Credit LineGift of The Estate of Edna L. Davis
Object number65.40.73
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Not on view
DescriptionThis is a daguerreotype of two seated Confederate officers, the one on the left holds a cap on his knee and wears epaulettes; the other wears a cap on his head and no epaulettes. It is possibly Captain Biddle with a younger officer. In a case, but the lid is gone.

ProvenanceGift of the Estate of Edna L. Davis to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1965.