Mortar Dictator, Front Of Petersburg
Artist
David Knox
(American)
Publisher
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
(American)
CultureAmerican
DateOctober 1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (31.8 × 41 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 1/8 in. (40.6 × 43.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (31.8 × 41 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 1/8 in. (40.6 × 43.5 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 number91.23.75
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen print mounted in GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCHBOOK OF THE WAR, VOL. 2.Label TextDavid Knox American (active 1860s) Mortar Dictator, Front of Petersburg, October 1864, Plate 75 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 91.23.75 Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner", The Chrysler Museum, 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. Published ReferencesGARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Philp and Solomons, 1866).
