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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, July 1863
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, July 1863

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)
CultureAmerican
Date1863
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 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 number91.23.40
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen print from GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 1.

Label TextA Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, July 1863, from Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of the War, 1866 Albumen print (photograph) Museum purchase and partial gift of Carol L. Kaufman and Stephen C. Lampl, in memory of their parents Helen and Carl Lampl 91.23.40 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. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesGARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR, Vol. 1 (Washington, DC: Philp and Solomons, 1866).
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
June 1863
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
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