Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2011.

Confederate Dead, Antietam (Dunker Church in background)

Artist Alexander Gardner (American (born Scotland), 1821 - 1882)

DateSeptember 19, 1862

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.3 × 12.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 in. (40.6 × 43.2 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

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

Object number98.32.228

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThis is an albumen print, unmounted stereo half. The David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A black and white photograph of a field with several dead bodies. Behind them lies a dead horse and wooden cart. Even farther back, there stands a solitary white farm home with a wooden fence and a tree lined background. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextAlexander Gardner American (1821-1882) Confederate Dead, Antietam (Dunker Church in background), September 19, 1862 Albumen print, 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of David L. Hack and by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 98.32.228