UNMOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER

UNMOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER

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Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914) was an American soldier, Confederate general during the Civil War, and later a political leader. Born in Kentucky, Buckner graduated from West Point and served in the Mexican–American War before joining the Confederate Army, where he notably surrendered Fort Donelson to Ulysses S. Grant. Following the war, Buckner was active in politics and served as governor of Kentucky from 1887 to 1891. His legacy reflects both military service and postwar leadership in his home state.

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.

The photograph is in good condition but has a couple chips taken out of the edges, one small tear on the top edge and some rounding of the corners. The photograph shows some mottling throughout which is likely from the silver print process.

The reverse of the image has a pencil notation “Gen. Buckner” and “(Cook)” beneath it indicating both the subject and photographer. Toning throughout and one adhesive mark at the top.  [cla] [ph:L]

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