General Robert Anderson (Hero of Fort Sumter)
ArtistPossibly
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1865
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 3/4 × 16 3/16 in. (50.2 × 41.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedInscribed and autographed "Your obt servt, Robert Anderson, Major Genl U.S.A. July 15, 1865"
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.299
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Photograph of Robert Anderson on July 15, 1865. He is seated and seen from the midsection up. He is in his uniform and has short gray hair, and has distinguished wrinkles along his forehead, eyes, and mouth. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].
