[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with wife and daughters holding saxhorn] (LOC)

    [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with wife and daughters holding saxhorn]

    [between 1861 and 1865]

    1 photograph : quarter-plate ambrotype ; 9.1 x 11.7 cm (case)

    Notes:
     Title devised by Library staff.
    Case: Leather, floral and scroll design.
    Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (D 062).
    Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).

    Subjects:
     United States.--Army.--People--1860-1870.
    Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
    Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
    Musicians--1860-1870.
    Saxhorns--1860-1870.
    Women--1860-1870.
    Girls--1860-1870.
    Families--1860-1870.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

    Format: Group portraits--1860-1870.
    Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
    Ambrotypes--1860-1870.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
    Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

    More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.32140

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2817

    Comments and faves

    1. pennylrichardsca (9 months ago | reply)

      Apparently the saxhorn was "the most common brass instrument in American Civil War bands."
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxhorn

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    3. artolog (9 months ago | reply)

      memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmcap05.html
      for details of the various saxhorns.
      And a Civil War saxhorn and drum band:
      [Ten unidentified soldiers that form a Union regimental band with saxhorns and drums] (LOC)

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      greybirds added this photo to her favorites. (9 months ago)

    5. corduroy cat (9 months ago | reply)

      sad how the parents seem to be disconnected to the children. the mother has the baby perched on her lap and her arms folded, and the father almost seems to be leaning away from the young girl.

    6. artolog (9 months ago | reply)

      Some of this , maybe a lot, is informed by the long camera exposures of the day. In most of these photos, the subject assumes a fixed position with the arms usually resting firmly somewhere or otherwise supported. There were also portrait customs which dictated that the subjects of a portrait like this shouldn't be smiling or showing teeth. The father in this one is in a chair, the older daughter on a bench, supported by leaning against him. His head tilt slightly away from her could also be partly due to the saxhorn between them, sticking up over his shoulder.
      Because of those issues, I don't read a whole lot into this about their relationship.

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      Photo Nut 2011, icantdance, liliana holländer, Jaime Lee, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    8. This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.

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    10. This photo was invited and added to the Civil War Page group.

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      kvw500 added this photo to her favorites. (3 months ago)

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