David B. Woodbury
Military Bridge, across the Chickahominy, Virginia

Military Bridge, across the Chickahominy, Virginia

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Military Bridge, across the Chickahominy, Virginia
ArtistAmerican, 1836–1866
PrinterAmerican, born Scotland, 1821–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Military Bridge, across the Chickahominy, Virginia
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, Plate 17, published 1866
DateJune 1862
Place depictedVirginia, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 × 9 1/16 in. (17.8 × 23 cm)
 Sheet: 7 × 9 1/16 in. (17.8 × 23 cm)
 Mount: 11 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (30.2 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.234.1.17
Not on view

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Department
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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 D. B. WOODBURY. 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. // MILITARY BRIDGE, ACROSS THE CHICKAHOMINY, VIRGINIA. // No. 17. // June, 1862.

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