Russell J. Colt, 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame The Defenders of Our Union

The Defenders of Our Union 19th Century assembles the Federal command in commemorative portraiture — Lincoln at the center of his generals

and large-letter greetings sent home between rounds of saltwater taffy and the slow turn of the Trimper carousel

of Monticello's dome and the colonial brick of Williamsburg

Available in canvas or framed formats

Russell J. Colt, 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame The Defenders of Our UnionRussell J. Colt, 19th Century a portrait of the Colt heir rendered in the formal idiom of Gilded Age society photography, all starched collar and inherited gravity, the kind of likeness commissioned when a surname had already become an industry. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic publishers (Currier