Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard
Artist
James Gardner
(American (born Scotland), born 1832)
Artist
Alexander Gardner
(American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)
Publisher
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
(American)
CultureAmerican
DateDecember 1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 16 in. (31.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 1/16 in. (40.6 × 43.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 16 in. (31.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 1/16 in. (40.6 × 43.3 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 number91.23.18
On View
Not on viewLabel TextJames Gardner American (b. Scotland, 1829) Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, December 1864, Plate 18 from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, 1866 Albumen print, printed by Alexander Gardner Museum purchase and partial gift of Carol L. Kaufman and Stephen C. Lampl in memory of their parents Helen and Carl Lampl 91.23.18 Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., Oct. 20, 1991 - Jan. 5, 1992. "Sacred Sites, Then and Now: The American Civil War," Chrysler Museum of Art, May 1 to August 30, 1998. "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). Brooks Johnson, _An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner_, exh. cat., The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1991, 15, 124, no. 69.
