Signal Tower, Elk Mountain, Overlooking Battlefield of Antietam
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, 1840-1882)
Artist
Alexander Gardner
(American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)
Publisher
Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C.
(American)
CultureAmerican
DateSeptember 1862
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 × 7 in. (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/8 × 12 1/2 in. (41 × 31.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 17 × 16 in. (43.2 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/8 × 12 1/2 in. (41 × 31.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 17 × 16 in. (43.2 × 40.6 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 number91.23.22
Not on view
Exhibition History"An Enduring Interest: The Photographs of Alexander Gardner," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., Oct. 20, 1991 - Jan. 5, 1992. "Sacred Sites, Then and Now: The American Civil War," Chrysler Museum of Art, May 1 - August 30, 1998. 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_, exh. cat., The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1991, 125, no. 72.
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
July 1863
