JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
There are probably a few more of these, just began tooling through them last night and a few things got to me.
I've been ' out of it ' lately, really, really preoccupied out in non-cyber world grappling with ridiculously unwieldy events. Got a pair of those gloves receivers wear or something, grip is better but these photos tickled me hugely! Cropped them for a better look.
You have to adore the General's face, OH Good Grief, McClellan isn't even trying for the photographer- and he loved having his picture taken. I'm unsure how Lincoln felt about photographs, he looks fairly unmoved. Note the battle flag, left bottom foreground? Plus- Little Mac is using THE flag for a table cloth....... I think? Unless it's there in some other mode- unsure. Looks to be spread on a little table with objects on top?
Then the one with Lincoln, Pinkerton and McClernand? WHY has McClernand allowed a newspaper to blow against his leg without asking to have it removed in that shot, why is the Lincoln look-alike slouching like a bored lounge-lizard in the background, why is Pinkerton looking so ill at ease and I'm sorry, like a shady kind of fellow himself?
Of course the group photos are always wonderful, photography being so new you get the impression it was just tough to pose for a camera. Lincoln never, ever changes expression or position- today he would be a press agent's nightmare, thankfully no one had to worry about that.
I've been ' out of it ' lately, really, really preoccupied out in non-cyber world grappling with ridiculously unwieldy events. Got a pair of those gloves receivers wear or something, grip is better but these photos tickled me hugely! Cropped them for a better look.
You have to adore the General's face, OH Good Grief, McClellan isn't even trying for the photographer- and he loved having his picture taken. I'm unsure how Lincoln felt about photographs, he looks fairly unmoved. Note the battle flag, left bottom foreground? Plus- Little Mac is using THE flag for a table cloth....... I think? Unless it's there in some other mode- unsure. Looks to be spread on a little table with objects on top?
Then the one with Lincoln, Pinkerton and McClernand? WHY has McClernand allowed a newspaper to blow against his leg without asking to have it removed in that shot, why is the Lincoln look-alike slouching like a bored lounge-lizard in the background, why is Pinkerton looking so ill at ease and I'm sorry, like a shady kind of fellow himself?
Of course the group photos are always wonderful, photography being so new you get the impression it was just tough to pose for a camera. Lincoln never, ever changes expression or position- today he would be a press agent's nightmare, thankfully no one had to worry about that.