Measures approximately 5.5 inches by just under 4 inches wide. Photograph features a well-known vignette bust view of Brigadier General Lewis Armistead. This photograph is a lesser-known photograph type called a silver print, where silver halide is suspended in a gelatin emulsion. This emulsion coats the base and then a chemical wash is poured over the paper exposing the image. This image was produced from the original negative by the Cook Studio in Richmond sometime after 1880.

The Cook studio was owned by George S. Cook whose two sons, George LaGrange Cook and Heustis Cook, also worked as photographers. The father, George S. Cook, is famously known for taking the first combat images of ironclads firing on Ft. Moultrie in 1863. George S. was born in 1819 in Connecticut and moved south to Louisiana in 1839. From there, he moved several times (always remaining in the South), making money as a merchant and studying photography until he eventually wound up in Richmond in 1880, where he bought Anderson’s photography studio. This is where many of the original glass plate negatives came from to reproduce his photographs. The Cook studio also purchased other collections of negatives as well.

In general, there is wear throughout. However, this image is in good condition despite folds to the corners with one corner broken away at the very end. There is a very small circular mark on the bottom right of the photograph, but it appears stable. There are also some minor wear marks to the left center where some of the photograph is worn away. There is one small tear on the upper left-hand side. No other issues to note.  [cla] [ph:L]

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