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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Studying the Art of War, Fairfax Court-House
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Studying the Art of War, Fairfax Court-House

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)
CultureAmerican
DateJune 1863
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 15 7/8 in. (31.8 × 40.3 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 number91.23.45
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) Studying the Art of War, Fairfax Court House, June 1863, Plate 45 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 91.23.45 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).
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.
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