Supreme Court of the United States (all members identified)
Artist
Alexander Gardner
(American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)
CultureAmerican | Scottish
Date1866
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 × 18 5/8 in. (33 × 47.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 × 24 in. (48.3 × 61 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 × 24 in. (48.3 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.221
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Ten men are positioned in a semicircle in a room flanked on both sides by windows. Nine men are dressed in suits and seated, wearing judges' robes. The tenth man stands in his suit to the left side of the men. The text below the picture reads "The Supreme Court of the United States. D.W. Middleton Clerk, Associate Justice Davis, Associate Justice Swayne, Associate Justice Grier, Associate Justice Wayne, Chief Justice Chase, Associate Justice Nelson, Associate Justice Clifford, Associate Justice Miller, and Associate Justice Field." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].
Benedict J. Fernandez
April 6, 1968
