Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.

Images(2)

Newspaper Man in Camp

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

Date1863

MediumAlbumen prints

DimensionsOverall, Image (Right): 2 15/16 × 4 in. (7.5 × 10.2 cm)
Overall, Image (Left): 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8.6 × 6 cm)
Paper: 2 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (6 × 8.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Photography Fund

Object number2006.4.1

Terms

Men
Newspapers
U.S. Civil War
Horse
Cart
Black
Brown
White

On View

Not on view

DescriptionAlbumen prints (2) from wet collodion negatives on original lithographed and titled mount. One image is of a group of men with a cart full of newspapers pulled by a horse. The other image is a of a man holding newspapers.

Label TextAlexander Gardner American/Scottish (1821-1882) Newspaper Man in Camp, 1863 Albumen prints Museum purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Photography Fund 2006.4.1 A pioneering photojournalist and master of portraiture, Alexander Gardner is best-known for his Civil War views and portraits of Abraham Lincoln. Yet he was also among the earliest to photograph the railroad's westward expansion and to make portraits of many American Indians. Gardner made more portraits of Abraham Lincoln than any other photographer. Assisted by Timothy O'Sullivan, he was the only photographer to make portraits of the Lincoln assassination conspirators after their capture and to document their hanging. Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007