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General Custer and General Pleasonton

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, 1840-1882)

CultureAmerican

DateOctober 9, 1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (16.2 × 21.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 × 17 3/4 in. (33 × 45.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

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

Object number98.32.38

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A Black and white photograph of General Custer and Pleasonton meeting in Virginia. They are both seated in chairs on the grass. Behind them is a house with two windows and shutters. The left side of the photo there is a tree. The leaves are falling off the tree and on to the ground. Both men are holding hats in their hands. This is Plate 10 from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 50).

Label TextTimothy H. O'Sullivan American (1840-1882) General George Armstrong Custer and General Alfred Pleasonton, Warrenton, Virginia, October 9, 1863 Albumen print on original mount 98.32.38 Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "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. "The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - July 24, 2011.