Artist's study of a soldier
Artist
Unknown
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1870
MediumSalt print from a glass negative
Dimensions6 × 4 7/8 in. (15.2 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2018.7.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a study of a soldier that captures him in the act of falling. The French soldier wears a type of single-breasted infantry tunic and holds a type of rifle, that would have been used during the Franco-Prussian War.G. Nickerson
March 12, 1863