Alexander Gardner
President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam

President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam

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President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam
ArtistAmerican, born Scotland, 1821–1882
PrinterAmerican, born Scotland, 1821–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I, Plate 23, published 1866
DateOctober 1862
Place depictedAntietam, Maryland, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 8 15/16 in. (16.8 × 22.7 cm)
 Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 15/16 in. (16.8 × 22.7 cm)
 Mount: 11 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (30.2 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.234.1.23
Not on view

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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: ALEX. GARDNER, Photographer, 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. 511 7th St., Washington. // PRESIDENT LINCOLN ON BATTLE-FIELD OF ANTIETAM. // No. 23. // October, 1862.

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