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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
What Do I Want, John Henry, Warrenton
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

What Do I Want, John Henry, Warrenton

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)
CultureAmerican
DateNovember 1862
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 15 15/16 in. (31.8 × 40.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 in. (40.6 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase and partial gift of Carol L. Kaufman and Stephen C. Lampl in memory of their parents Helen and Carl Lampl
Object number91.23.27
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen print from GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 1.

Label TextAlexander Gardner American (b. Scotland, 1821–1882) What Do I Want, John Henry?, Warrenton, Virginia, November 1862, Plate 27 from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, 1866 Albumen print Museum purchase and partial gift of Carol L. Kaufman and Stephen C. Lampl in memory of their parents Helen and Carl Lampl 91.23.27 Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner", The Chrysler Museum, October 20, 1991-January 5, 1992. "The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - July 24, 2011.Published ReferencesGARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 1 (Washington, DC: Philp and Solomons, 1866).
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
June 1863
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
September 1862
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
September 1862
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
October 1862
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
1863
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
October 1862
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
November 1862
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
April 1864
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
April 1864
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
April 1863
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
April 1864
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
Late 19th century