(CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY) Lafayette V Newell Carte de visite

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(CIVIL WAR--PHOTOGRAPHY.) Lafayette V. Newell. Carte-de-visite of a Confederate prisoner in rags titled "Johnny Reb." Albumen print, 3 1/2 x 2 inches, on original mount with photographer's backmark; minor foxing. [Point Lookout, MD], circa 1863-65

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Lafayette V. Newell (1833-1914) was a New Hampshire photographer who during the Civil War established himself at the large Union military base in Point Lookout, Maryland at the mouth of the Potomac River. The base included a prison for captured Confederates. Newell posed this young prisoner in a battered slouch hat, torn clothing and mismatched footwear; he appears to be wrapping his right foot in paper because his shoe offers little protection from the elements.