Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2011.

A Harvest Of Death, Gettysburg

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, 1840-1882)

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)

CultureAmerican

DateJuly 1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 7/8 × 9 in. (17.5 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 16 in. (31.8 × 40.6 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 number91.23.36

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an albumen print from GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 1.

Label TextTimothy H. O'Sullivan American (1840–1882) A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, July 1863, Plate 36 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 91.23.36 Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, October 20, 1991 - January 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. "The Civil War and American Art," Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2012 - April 28, 2013; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, May 21 - September 2, 2013. 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 (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1991), Plate No. 82, p. 44; Cat. No. 82, p. 125. Eleanor Jones Harvey, _The Civil War and American Art_ (New Haven, CT: Smithsonian American Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2012), 86. Smithsonian American Art Museum, _The Civil War and American Art_ exhibition slideshow (New Haven, CT: Smithsonian American Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2012), http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/art_civil_war/. Smithsonian American Art Museum, _The Civil War and American Art_ exhibition timeline(New Haven, CT: Smithsonian American Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2012), http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/civilwar_timeline/index.html.