{"product_id":"unidentified-soldier-in-confederate-uniform-and-crescent-city-guards-of-new-orleans-kepi-u-s-civil-war-pint-glass-16oz","title":"Unidentified Soldier In Confederate Uniform And Crescent City Guards Of New Orleans Kepi (U.S. Civil War) Pint Glass 16oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnidentified Soldier In Confederate Uniform And Crescent City Guards Of New Orleans Kepi (U.S. Civil War) Pint Glass 16oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA seated bearded man in a light grey military jacket and kepi looks out from a tinted tintype of the 1860s, his cravat neat at the collar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePale grey-blue covers the jacket and the surrounding tones, giving the portrait a cool, quiet register. Antique gold warms the scalloped-edge frame, and cream lifts the face and collar. Dark brown anchors the shadows and slate deepens the background at the edges of the case. The seated figure sits centred in the rectangular frame, the kepi crowning the composition and the cravat drawing the eye down to the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kepi is the detail that names the sitter's unit. The Crescent City Guards were a New Orleans militia company, and their cap places the portrait in the city and in the early years of the American Civil War. Tinted tintypes of this kind were popular with soldiers and their families, who kept them as keepsakes of a man leaving home. The image records a single member of a local company at the moment his uniform was set down in silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHeld and Turned\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pint glass rises in a tall, curved wall that the hand lifts and rotates, so the scalloped frame travels around the glass as it moves. The kepi sits at the top edge where the eye lands first, and the cravat falls at the middle of the surface. The portrait is built for close viewing, much as a tintype is tilted in the light to bring up its tones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"16oz","offer_id":49517102170392,"sku":"14541534058242113468","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/unidentified-soldier-in-confederate-uniform-and-crescent-city-guards-of-new-orleans-kepi-us-civil-war-pint-glass-16oz-16oz-position1.webp?v=1758626611","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/unidentified-soldier-in-confederate-uniform-and-crescent-city-guards-of-new-orleans-kepi-u-s-civil-war-pint-glass-16oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}