William R. Pywell
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, Plate 2, published 1866
DateAugust 1862
Place depictedAlexandria, Virginia, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.7 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.7 × 23 cm)
Mount: 11 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (30.2 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.234.1.2
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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 WM. R PYWELL. 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. // SLAVE PEN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. // No. 2 // August, 1862.

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