MOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN ROGERS COOKE

MOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN ROGERS COOKE

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This mounted silver print measures approximately 5.5 inches in length and 4 inches in width and features a bust view of General John R. Cooke.

General John Rogers Cooke (1833–1891) was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. Born in Missouri, Cooke was the son of Union General Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate cavalry leader J.E.B. Stuart. He graduated from West Point in 1855 and served with distinction in the U.S. Army before joining the Confederacy in 1861. Cooke was wounded multiple times during the war, notably at Antietam and Fredericksburg, yet returned to lead his brigade in several major engagements, including the Overland Campaign and the defense of Petersburg. After the war, he worked as a civil engineer and became active in veterans' organizations until his death in Richmond, Virginia, in 1891.

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 very good, strong condition with no issues to note. The reverse is clean as well with some minor dirt throughout. One pencil notation is present: “Gen. J.R. Cooke.”    [cla] [ph:L]

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