Major H. A. Barnum, Recovery after a Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen with Perforation of the Left Ilium, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section

William Bell, Major H. A. Barnum, Recovery after a Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen with Perforation of the Left Ilium, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.14
Copied William Bell, Major H. A. Barnum, Recovery after a Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen with Perforation of the Left Ilium, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, albumen silver print, sheet and image: 8 1⁄2 x 6 5⁄8 in. (21.6 x 16.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.14
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Artwork Details

Title
Major H. A. Barnum, Recovery after a Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen with Perforation of the Left Ilium, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section
Artist
Date
1865
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 8 1⁄2 x 6 5⁄8 in. (21.6 x 16.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
albumen silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — military — major
  • Portrait male — Barnum, H. A.
  • Dress — uniform — military uniform
  • State of being — illness — wound
Object Number
1994.91.14
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1994.91.14

Artwork Description

William Bell was a Philadelphia daguerreotypist who fought at Antietam and Gettysburg during the Civil War. In 1865, he was hired by the newly established Army Medical Museum in Washington to document the range of injuries and medical procedures among veterans. His catalogue of images helped establish the field of military medicine in the United States.

Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006