GENL. S. COOPER, C.S.A., IN NAPOLEONIC POSE

McIntyre, Sterling C.

Published by Published by S.C. McIntyre, [Richmond? Alabama?], 1861

Upper body photograph of General Cooper in civilian dress, his left hand in a Napoleonic pose. "Published by S.C. McIntyre" on left portion of the oval; "Copy right secured" on right portion of the oval [both notices faded]. Else Near Fine, Confederate General Samuel Cooper was the highest ranking Confederate officer. A career U.S. Army officer, he had close ties with the Confederate leadership: brother-in-law of James Mason, close friend of Jefferson Davis. He resigned his commission on March 7, 1861, and traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, to join the Confederate Army. He became Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Confederate Army, a post he held until the end of the War. McIntyre [born c.1816), a native of Scotland, immigrated to the U.S. in November, 1840. Having studied surgical dentistry in Paris, he opened a dental practice; newspapers and census records show him in Florida and South Carolina in the 1840s, San Francisco (CA) in 1850-1851, Nevada City (CA) in the mid-1850s, Alabama in the 1860s and 1870s, and back in California in the 1880s. Some sources suggest a temporary sojourn in Richmond, where he may have taken this photograph, which in format is like his photograph of Lee and other Confederate Generals. See, Hopkins, ROBERT E. LEE IN WAR AND PEACE, noting McIntyre's Richmond oval photo of Lee, with identical publication and copyright information; and noting that."McIntyre's notation of 'copyright secured' on his altered photograph of General Lee was quite unique in the early days of the Confederacy." Additional information regarding McIntyre is found in Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840- 1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000); and Mike Robinson's "Sterling C. McIntyre's Panoramic Views of San Francisco", in The Daguerreian Annual 2013. Not in Crandall, Parrish & Willingham, Haynes, Ellison, Owen [AL] or on OCLC as of September 2023. Seller Inventory # 39508

Bibliographic Details

Title: GENL. S. COOPER, C.S.A., IN NAPOLEONIC POSE
Publisher: Published by S.C. McIntyre, [Richmond? Alabama?]
Publication Date: 1861