Artist
Edward J. WardAmerican, active 1860s–1870s
Printer
American Photo-Relief Printing CompanyAmerican, active 1870s–1880s
Publisher
U. S. Government Printing Officecreated 1860
Author
Joseph K. Barnes, M.D.American, 1817–1883
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Shot Comminutions of the Humerus
- from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Part II, Volume II, Plate XLVI
Datepublished 1876
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20 x 12.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (20 × 12.1 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (20 × 12.1 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Nicholas Sollene, M.D.
Object number2010.2364
Not on view
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two severely fractured humerus bones, this photograph was included in The
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Massive in scope
and scale, this text documented thousands of Civil War medical cases and served
as a reference manual for traumatic injuries. According to the volume, the
humerus on the left came from N. A. Sewall, a 25 year old Union soldier. The
humerus on the right came from D. S. Doggett, a Confederate soldier in the 35th
Battalion Virginia Cavalry. The broken bones of both soldiers demonstrate the
human cost of war on both sides of the conflict.
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, Brooklyn]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on the mount surrounding image:
(upper left) "Med and Surg. Hist. of the Rebellion. ..."
(lower left) "Ward phot."
(lower right) "Am. Photo-Relief Printing Col, Philada."
(lower center) "PLATE XLVI. SHOT COMMINUTIONS OF THE HUMERUS. / ... "
[no verso inscriptions]
(upper left) "Med and Surg. Hist. of the Rebellion. ..."
(lower left) "Ward phot."
(lower right) "Am. Photo-Relief Printing Col, Philada."
(lower center) "PLATE XLVI. SHOT COMMINUTIONS OF THE HUMERUS. / ... "
[no verso inscriptions]
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