New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Andrew Johnson

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

Publisher Philp and Solomons, Washington, D.C. (American)

CultureAmerican

DateApril 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (16.8 x 31.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (81.6 x 71.4 cm)

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

Object number98.32.309

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A sepia toned photo of a man seated in a chair inside a room. He is wearing a suit and is resting his hands on his lap. To the right there is a small wooden table with a small statue and a quill pen. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextAlexander Gardner American, 1821−1882 Andrew Johnson, 1865 Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington, D.C. Albumen print (photograph) In 1865 President Andrew Johnson (1808−1875) visited Alexander Gardner’s studio and posed for several seated portrait photographs. Johnson, a Unionist Democratic senator from Tennessee, became vice president just a few weeks before Lincoln’s death. His efforts to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union after the war often conflicted with the wishes of the more cautious Radical Republican majority in Congress. Ultimately Johnson failed to secure his party’s nomination to run for another term in office, and Ulysses Grant succeeded him as president in 1869. Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.309 Exhibition 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 "Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015.