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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2001.81
People
Barnard & Gibson, American (active 1860s)
Alexander Gardner, American (Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland 1821 - 1882 Washington, D. C.)
Title
Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, plate 5
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
March 1862 (printed c. 1866)
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Virginia
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/159591

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.7 × 23 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
album page: 33 × 45.7 cm (13 × 18 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: below image, printed : Negative by BARNARD & GIBSON Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th St., Washington. / Fortifications on Heights of Centereville, Virginia. / No. 5. March, 1862
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 52/48

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Irwin Peckman, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2001

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Irwin Peckman
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
P2001.81
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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