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Title	Fred Gutherz and His Mother, Henrietta Luscher Gutherz
Date	ca. 1860
Genre	Photographs
Material/Technique	Albumen print; cartes de visite
Description	Studio portrait of a young man standing beside seated middle aged woman. He appears to be about 18-20 years old. On the back of this card is a handwritten poem that begins: "When far in distant lands..."
Historical note	This formal portrait of Fred G. Gutherz is inscribed on the back "To Dear Mother." Although he is not in uniform, this may have been taken just prior to his leaving for war. Gutherz served in the First Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, C.S.A as an army engineer. He later served with the Confederate forces fighting Sherman in North Georgia in 1864. Fred Gutherz left a number of camp drawings from his time of service. His brother, Carl, too young to serve, became well-known as an artist. He commemorated his feelings about the Civil War in artwork, most of which was created many years later.
Subject	Artists; Women
Theme	Visualizing the War
Story	Samuel Palmer
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- Memphis
Time period	1860-1869
Language	eng
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Credit line	Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN; Gift of Conley Brooks, Jr. and Carol G. Brooks 2007.41.5
Type	Still image
Format	image/jpg
Contributing Institution	Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source	Peplow & Balch, Star Gallery, Memphis, Tenn.
Archival file	shades3/shades_bma_0001.jpg