Tintype of a man wearing a photograph pin and a military coat, identified as Erastus Riley Bishop (1839-1865), in a case

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Description

Title: Tintype of a man wearing a photograph pin and a military coat, identified as Erastus Riley Bishop (1839-1865), in a case
Creator: From the Collection: Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962
Contributor: From the Collection: Kunhardt, Dorothy, 1901-1979
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W.
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982-
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., 1928-2006
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., III, 1951-
From the Collection: Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation
Published / Created: 1864-1865
Description: Full paper case with a velvet pad Inscription on verso of plate, "Riley Bishop / Leeds, Me. / [indecipherable] / [indecipherable]"; Purchased by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt in Beverly, Massachusetts Accompanied by a note by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt Meserve Number MES30284
Provenance: Purchased from MKF Funding, Llc, Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and with a gift from the Rice Family Foundation, 2015. Gift of Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, 2015.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1430

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Container / Volume

Box 47, folder 838

Access: Public
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Citation: Meserve-Kunhardt Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.