Gunshot Wound of Middle Third of Left Femur
1865–67
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 8 in. × 6 9/16 in. (20.3 × 16.6 cm) Mount: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.7 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Anonymous Gifts, by exchange, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.802
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
William Bell · 1830–1910
William Bell (1830–1910) was an English-born American photographer whose career bridged medical documentation and the exploration of the American West. Born in Liverpool, England, he immigrated to the United States and served in the Mexican-American War of 1846–48. After the conflict, he entered the emerging field of photography by partnering with his brother-in-law, the Philadelphia daguerreotypi...