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Granite Hill near Round Top (Little Round Top), Gettysburg

Artist Charles John Tyson (American, 1838 - 1906)

Artist Isaac Griffith Tyson (American, 1833 - 1913)

CultureAmerican

DateAugust 1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (13.3 × 21.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 10 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (26.7 × 36.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.125

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This picture is titled "Granite Hill" and shows a landscape photograph of a small hill with several trees and boulders on top of it. There is an open field area below the hill. In the foreground rest a few more boulders. The text section below the photo indicates that the hill was "near Round Top hill" and was it was "the stronghold occupied by the extreme left wing of the Union Army." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].