General A. E. Burnside and Staff
Artist
Alexander Gardner
(American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)
CultureAmerican | Scottish
DateNovember 1862
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (16.8 × 21.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 × 17 3/4 in. (33 × 45.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 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 number98.32.45
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. General A.E. Burnside and staff are posing for a photograph outside in front of a tent. Most of the men are standing. Three men are sitting near the center of the group. All of the men are in uniform and most of them are wearing their hats. One man off to the right is leaning upon his gun. The General in the center sitting on a tree stump is holding some piece of paper with his hands resting on his legs.This is Plate 10 from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 50).
Alexander Gardner
1862
