This cabinet card is a copy of the famous portrait of Stuart in uniform taken before his death at the age of 31 in 1864. It was produced by photographer Walter Foster. Bottom of mount is marked in gold, “FOSTER, 112 NORTH NINTH STREET, RICHMOND, VA.”.

Walter Washington Foster established his first photography studio in Richmond around 1876. Over the next several decades, Foster worked in partnership with a number of other photographers before going into business with Arthur W. Orpin, who eventually married Foster's daughter. Orpin left his father-in-law's employ in 1921. When W. W. Foster died in 1935, his business passed into the hands of Arthur Orpin. Later, it was passed down to Orpin's son, W. Foster Orpin. In 1972 the photographic archives of the Foster Studio, consisting of 65,000 images and 100,000 glass plate negatives, was turned over to the Virginia Historical Society.

Card measures 4 ¼” x 6 ½”. Gold frame measures 9 ¾” x 12”.    [sm]

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