Graveyard at Andersonville Prison, Georgia
Artist
Andrew Jackson Riddle
(American, 1829 - 1897)
CultureAmerican
DateAugust 17, 1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (7.9 × 12.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 6 3/8 × 8 in. (16.2 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 6 3/8 × 8 in. (16.2 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.273
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A photograph of Andersonville, Georgia. A graveyard; a field with rows of tombstones lined up. Trees line the background of the image. The text reads "Dead men, they tell no tales- but take a look at this Picture and a tale is told that will never be forgotten. August 17th 1864." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].Label TextA.J. Riddle American (1828-1897) Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Grave Yard, August 17, 1864 Albumen print on A.J. Riddle mount 98.32.273 Andrew Jackson Riddle was born in Baltimore and in 1853 was operating a gallery in Columbus, Georgia. By 1865 he had moved his studio to Macon, Georgia. On the back of one of his carte de visite photographs he boasted that he had "....the most extensive establishment of the kind in the South." It is not known what prompted him to make these photographs depicting the tragic conditions at Andersonville Prison. Riddle's images, like all Confederate photographs, are rare because of the scarcity of materials available in the South. This series is even more extraordinary because these photographs were made late in the war. 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
