Private Dennis Sullivan, Company E, Second Virginia Cavalry 1865
reedbrockwaybontecou
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portrait
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war
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charcoal drawing
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charcoal art
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portrait reference
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pencil drawing
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soldier
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men
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animal drawing portrait
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portrait drawing
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surrealist
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portrait art
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pencil art
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fine art portrait
This photograph by Reed Brockway Bontecou, taken in 1865, portrays Private Dennis Sullivan, a member of the Second Virginia Cavalry, Company E. The image, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, showcases Sullivan's solemn visage in an oval frame, a popular format for Civil War-era portraiture. The portrait's somber tone underscores the war's human cost, capturing the poignant reality of individual loss amidst the larger historical conflict.
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