Object details
Object number
ARC.008126
Creator(s)
Title
General Nelson A. Miles
Date
1885
Medium
Platinum print
Case
Presidents And Statesmen Case
Provenance
Possibly acquired through the historian, novelist and critic Henry Adams (1838-1918) who was the husband of photographer Marian "Clover" Adams.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed in pen (lower center): Nelson A. MilesInscribed in pen in Marian Adams's hand (lower right): Gen Miles / March 3, 1885
Dimensions
21.3 x 13.1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Commentary
Marian “Clover” Adams photographed her friend and former Civil War general for the Union Army Nelson A. Miles in 1885. Posed in profile with a star-studded flag artfully draped behind him, Clover’s dexterity with the gradation of light to dark is evident.Miles was also an acquaintance of Isabella’s, and she kept this photograph in the Presidents and Statesmen Case in the Long Gallery. Alongside it are memorabilia related to other American dignitaries and politicians.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Elizabeth Reluga, "The Overlooked Female Photographer, Clover Adams," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 17 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/overlooked-female-photographer-clover-adams
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