Confederate Dead Near Mrs. Allsop's House, After General Ewell's Attack
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, 1840-1882)
CultureAmerican
DateMay 19, 1864
MediumAlbumen prints
DimensionsOverall, Image (Each): 3 3/8 × 4 in. (8.6 × 10.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedPrinted on mount ink: "Confederate Dead Near Mrs. Allsop's House, After Gen. Ewell's Attack, May 19, 1864"
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Photography Fund
Object number2006.4.4
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionAlbumen prints (3) from wet collodion negatives on original lithographed and titled mount. These photographs are of dead confederate soldiers taken were they fell on the battle field near Spotsylvania.Provenance[An armory] Upstate New York; [Mr. Charles Isaacs] Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Museuem Purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Photography Fund, 2006. Published ReferencesJames David Horan, _Timothy O'Sullivan, America's Forgotten Photographer_ (Doubleday Publishing, 1966), 93
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Possibly 1863
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
August 1864
Peter S. Weaver
November 11, 1863
