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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Field Telegraph Battery Wagon
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Field Telegraph Battery Wagon

Artist David Knox (American)
Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)
CultureAmerican
DateSeptember 1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/2 × 9 in. (16.5 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (31.8 × 41 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 17 in. (40.5 × 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 number91.23.73
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen print from GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 2.

Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner", The Chrysler Museum, October 20, 1991-January 5, 1992. Published ReferencesGARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Philp and Solomons, 1866).