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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.322
People
James Gardner, American (Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland 1829 - ?)
Alexander Gardner, American (Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland 1821 - 1882 Washington, D. C.)
Title
Breaking Camp, Brandy Station, Virginia
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1864
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285889

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.2 × 22.7 cm (6 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.)
printed border: 25.5 × 30.7 cm (10 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 30.5 × 40 cm (12 × 15 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, below image, black ink, pre-printed: Negative by J. GARDNER. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th st., Washington. / BREAKING CAMP, BRANDY STATION, VIRGINIA. / [left:] No. 63. [right:] May, 1864.
  • inscription: from old mount, now removed, typewritten: O'SULLIVAN, T. H., (1840-1882) / Breaking Camp, Brandy Station, Va., 1864

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York. on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.322
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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