Chicago Public Library Digital Collections : Item Viewer

back to results : previous : next

Photograph of Julia Ward Howe


Title	Photograph of Julia Ward Howe
Description	A sepia toned photograph of Julia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She is wearing a pleated blouse with a pin at the neck. Her hair is in a braided bun. Julia Ward Howe wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" after a tour of Army camps in the Washington, D.C. area. Published in 1862, the poem was set to the tune of "John Brown's Body."
Subject.TGM1	Portraits Poets Women
Subject.LCSH	Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Photographer	Conly, C.F.
Contributors	Special Collections and Preservation Division
Date	1865 to 1866
Identifier	72.929hh
Language	eng
Coverage	1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Collection	Civil War and American History Research Collection
Size	4.25 x 6.5 in.
Type	Digital image
Format	image/jpeg
Original Format	Photographic prints
Subject.LOCAL	women writers/artists/musicians/actors women

back to results : previous : next