James Gardner
Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

ArtistAmerican, born Scotland, 1832
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, Plate 18, published 1866
DateDecember 1864
Place depictedPortsmouth, Virginia, 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 number2023.234.1.18
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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 J. GARDNER. 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. // RUINS OF NORFOLK NAVY YARD, VIRGINIA. // No. 18. // December, 1864.

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