Quartermasters C-, Fort Carroll near Giesboro Point, Washington, D.C.
Artist
A. J. Russell
CultureAmerican
Date1863
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (23.8 × 42.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 19 7/8 in. (31.8 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/16 × 27 15/16 in. (56 × 71 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 19 7/8 in. (31.8 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/16 × 27 15/16 in. (56 × 71 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.219
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A black and white winter landscape photograph of a Quarter mater's Corral near Alexandria, Virginia. There is a large tree on the left side covered in a later of snow. There are a few low trees down in the center foreground. Behind the trees a fence divides the land. Two wooden carts stand alone. Two long buildings stretch across the horizon with a large group of horses between the two structures. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].Label TextAndrew J. Russell American (1820-1902) Quartermaster C-Fort Carroll near Giesboro Point, Washington, D.C., 1863 Albumen print on original mount 98.32.219 Named in honor of Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, Fort Carroll was constructed from 1848 to 1852 under the supervison of Robert E. Lee. It was located within the District of Columbia on the Anacostia River. 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
