Posed Scene in Devil's Den or Slaughter Pen, Area Looking Toward Little Round Top (Jacob Schenkel and Friends Playing Dead), Run
Artist
Peter S. Weaver
(American, 1835 - 1906)
CultureAmerican
DateNovember 11, 1863
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 x 8 in. (13.3 x 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.227
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A sepia toned photograph of dead soldiers at Gettysburg. Photo depicts two men observing in this rocky grassland landscape, looking at the several soldiers that appear to be wedged under large boulders. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].
Peter S. Weaver
November 11, 1863
Peter S. Weaver
November 11, 1863
