POST-WAR SILVER PRINT OF GENERAL JEB STUART, FROM A RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHER, GEORGE S. COOK & SONS

POST-WAR SILVER PRINT OF GENERAL JEB STUART, FROM A RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHER, GEORGE S. COOK & SONS

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This photograph features a civilian view of JEB Stuart. It measures approximately 5.5 inches by just under 4 inches wide. This photograph features a vignette civilian view of the well-known Confederate cavalier.

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, this photograph is in very good condition with only minor dings and one spot of wear to the left-hand bottom corner where the emulsion is worn. The reverse has a pencil ID, “J.E.B. Stuart.” No other issues to note.  [cla] [ph:cla]

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