Artist
Alexander Gardner American, born Scotland, 1821–1882
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland, 1840–1882
Artist
Barnard & GibsonAmerican
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War
Date1866
Place depictedUnited States
MediumBooks of albumen silver prints from glass negatives
DimensionsImage (Each Approximately): 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet (Each Approximately): 6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.7 × 23 cm)
Overall (Volume I): 12 11/16 × 17 × 2 1/16 in. (32.2 × 43.2 × 5.3 cm)
Overall (Volume II): 12 11/16 × 17 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (32.2 × 44.2 × 5.7 cm)
Storage box (Each): 13 7/16 × 18 × 2 3/4 in. (34.2 × 45.7 × 7 cm)
Sheet (Each Approximately): 6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.7 × 23 cm)
Overall (Volume I): 12 11/16 × 17 × 2 1/16 in. (32.2 × 43.2 × 5.3 cm)
Overall (Volume II): 12 11/16 × 17 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (32.2 × 44.2 × 5.7 cm)
Storage box (Each): 13 7/16 × 18 × 2 3/4 in. (34.2 × 45.7 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.234.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition HistoryGardner's Sketch Book of the War and individual plates from it have figured prominently in many exhibitions about 19th-century American photography, the Civil War, war photography, etc. No exhibition history is known for this particular copy of the Sketch Book.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
20th-century bookplate of Jane (1914-1996) and Sawyer Rank (1914-1958) on the front paste-down of volume one.
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