William T. Sherman - ca. 1869-72

[Zuzah]

After Grant assumed the Presidency, and before he proposed a change to an eagle & 2 stars on the General of the Army shoulderboards.

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[nervouspete]

Great work. I love thoughtful, true, delicate restorations like these. It shows that those were, indeed, modern times. That camera had some great glass for its time, too.

 

[Jullian Crowe]

Wow. ..superb! He's still got that look of murder in his eyes!

 

[M E Wolf]

Excellent work! Great coloring and the whole picture is wonderful!

M. E. Wolf

 

[civilwarincolor]

Nice job. Is it just me, or does he look like he is wearing a blue dress based on how the photo is cropped in this image.

 

[Zuzah]

Nice job. Is it just me, or does he look like he is wearing a blue dress based on how the photo is cropped in this image.

Don't judge a man on his fashion statements - I wouldn't have cropped it like this myself, it was the Library of Congress.

Excellent work! Great coloring and the whole picture is wonderful!

M. E. Wolf

Wow. ..superb! He's still got that look of murder in his eyes!

Great work. I love thoughtful, true, delicate restorations like these. It shows that those were, indeed, modern times. That camera had some great glass for its time, too.

Thanks, all - Pete, what d'ya mean by delicate restorations?

 

[Yankeedave]

awesome. and the indians can suck it.

 

[civilwarincolor]

Don't judge a man on his fashion statements - I wouldn't have cropped it like this myself, it was the Library of Congress.

Was not a comment on your cropping, but more of the photographer that shot it in the first place. Maybe Sherman had a softer side that he was trying to show....

 

[M E Wolf]

Was not a comment on your cropping, but more of the photographer that shot it in the first place. Maybe Sherman had a softer side that he was trying to show....

Umm...don't get started.... besides the bottom of the frock coats were belled a bit as to lay flat against the thigh when astride a horse. This 'cut' is also found in "huntsman" frock coats aka "Scarlett" coats and carried over into the lady's hunting attire (as in Foxhunting and showing).

With the uniform being specific to its length, it had to be functional over fashion.

Just my opinions.

M. E. Wolf

 

[Yankeedave]

you'd think he had a 1600's piker uniform on.

 

[civilwarincolor]

Umm...don't get started.... besides the bottom of the frock coats were belled a bit as to lay flat against the thigh when astride a horse. This 'cut' is also found in "huntsman" frock coats aka "Scarlett" coats and carried over into the lady's hunting attire (as in Foxhunting and showing).

With the uniform being specific to its length, it had to be functional over fashion.

Just my opinions.

M. E. Wolf

Was not trying to start something, it just amused me a little the way the bottom of the photo was cropped, that's all.

 

[Yankeedave]

jim, tell them his face is cratered like that because he liked to start fires.

 

[Jullian Crowe]

I wann put some pics in a zip file for you but not sure how to do it. . . any Ideas?

 

[R. Evans]

Great picture! Well done.

 

[NFB22]

Great job, I cant believe he's still that skinny. In many officers post war photos they have really packed on the pounds or have started too at least.

 

[Zuzah]

I wann put some pics in a zip file for you but not sure how to do it. . . any Ideas?

Find the images, pop them in a folder, right click them and click 'Add to archive', then attach them to an e-mail and send me.

Great picture! Well done.

Great job, I cant believe he's still that skinny. In many officers post war photos they have really packed on the pounds or have started too at least.

Thanks guys - and yeah he was a really small dude, I never noticed it.

 

[Fran]

Great job, I cant believe he's still that skinny. In many officers post war photos they have really packed on the pounds or have started too at least.

He was a 'nervous nelly', had probably difficulties keeping it on, like me!

 

[NFB22]

He was a 'nervous nelly', had probably difficulties keeping it on, like me!

I wish I had that trait, I cant have a cheeseburger or a beer without it going straight to my gut

 

[nervouspete]

Don't judge a man on his fashion statements - I wouldn't have cropped it like this myself, it was the Library of Congress.



Thanks, all - Pete, what d'ya mean by delicate restorations?

Hmm. Good question. Clumsy wording on my part. Recreations, perhaps? I've seen bad colouring jobs before, but this is certainly a thoughtful one and really brings him to life, so, er - yeah, delicate!