POST-WAR UNMOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL HARRY T. HAYS, FROM A RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHER, GEORGE S. COOK & SONS

POST-WAR UNMOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL HARRY T. HAYS, FROM A RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHER, GEORGE S. COOK & SONS

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General Harry T. Hays was best known for commanding the famed "Louisiana Tigers" brigade. Born in Tennessee in 1820, Hays moved to Louisiana as a young man and built a successful law career before joining the military. He distinguished himself in several key battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg where Hays’ Louisianans fought remnants of the 11th Corps for East Cemetery Hill. After the war, Hays returned to New Orleans and continued his involvement in civic affairs until his death in 1876.

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.

This photograph is in very good condition with only very minor wear to the corners. There are two dark spots at the 2:00 position, but nothing else to note. The reverse has a pencil ID, “Gen. Henry [sic.] Hays.” (Cook) is also present in pencil. Six dark circles (likely adhesive staining) are present on the reverse as well.   [cla] [ph:cla]

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