Recovery, without Amputation, after a Gunshot Wound through the Right Knee-joint. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) July 9, 1865 Portrait of Private Peter Stuck standing between a table covered with a dark cloth and a chair covered with a tarp. He rests his right hand on the table, his left on the back of the chair, and holds his right leg forward and bent slightly at the knee. He wears a checked shirt under an unbuttoned vest and jacket and no trousers. A scar is visible on his right knee. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "40" Lower center, hand
Recovery, without Amputation, after a Gunshot Wound through the Right Knee-joint. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) July 9, 1865 Portrait of Private Peter Stuck standing between a table covered with a dark cloth and a chair covered with a tarp. He rests his right hand on the table, his left on the back of the chair, and holds his right leg forward and bent slightly at the knee. He wears a checked shirt under an unbuttoned vest and jacket and no trousers. A scar is visible on his right knee. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "40" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "63" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / SPECIMEN NO. SERIES, NO. 63. Recovery, without Amputation, after a Gunshot Wound through the Right Knee-joint [italicized]. \ Private Peter Stuck,...[complete description]" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB (Bell)"
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