Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock

Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, born Ireland, 1840–1882
PrinterAmerican, born Scotland, 1821–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahannock
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, Plate 32, published 1866
DateMay 1863
Place depictedFredericksburg, Virginia, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (17.7 × 22.5 cm)
 Sheet: 6 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (17.7 × 22.5 cm)
 Mount: 11 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (30.2 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.234.1.32
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJane (1914-1996) and Sawyer Rank (1914-1958), Minnesota; [Arader Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, under image: Negative by T. H. O’SULLIVAN. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, 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. // PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK. // No. 32. // May, 1863.

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