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Unidentified Union Brigadier General and Ladies

Artist Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s)

CultureAmerican

Date1862

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 9/16 × 12 13/16 in. (24.3 × 32.5 cm)
Overall: 13 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (35.2 × 45.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/8 × 24 1/16 in. (51.1 × 61.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.34

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This photograph shows a scene in the woods with soldiers standing and sitting around. There are horses and women present in this shot. There are no leaves on the trees. There is a small cliff to the right upon which there are quite a few people seated. One man is also posted up in a tree near the cliff. This is Plate 10 from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 50).

Label TextWenderoth, Taylor & Brown American Unidentified Union Brigadier General and Ladies, March 1862 Albumen Print 98.32.34 Edited By: DS Edited Date: 01/2006Exhibition History"Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection and Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 3 - October 29, 2006; Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC, February 15 - May 28, 2007; Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, July 26 - September 21, 2008