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French Officers Assigned to Staff of General McClellan, (Duc De Chartres and Comte De Par--/Robert Philippe Louis O'Orleans and Louise Philippe Albert D'Orleans), Yorktown

Artist James F. Gibson (American, 1828-1905)

CultureAmerican

DateMay 3, 1862

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 7/8 × 12 9/16 in. (22.5 × 31.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.104

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A sepia toned photograph showing five Civil War soldiers seated around a table. Two other men are standing behind the table. The man in the back left is holding his sword in his arms. On the table rests another sword and two bottles. A shadow from one of the bottles is cast onto the pants of the man standing behind it. All the men seated on the ground around the table are leaning on one another in an intimate position suggesting comfort in each other's company. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextJames F. Gibson American, 1828–1905 French Officers Assigned to the Staff of General McClellan (Prince Robert Philippe d'Orleans, Duc de Chartres, and Prince Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, Comte de Paris), Yorktown, May 3, 1862, 1862 Albumen print (photograph) The French princes Philippe and Robert d’Orleans, grandsons of the former King Louis Philippe, volunteered to serve in the Union army and took part in the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. Here they pose with other members of General McClellan’s staff during the siege of Yorktown. James Gibson, creator of both photos on this wall, was one of many field photographers employed by Mathew Brady to document the war. Brady published some of Gibson’s photos, and others appeared later within Alexander Gardner’s two-volume album, Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War (1865–66). Gift of David L. Hack and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.104