David Knox
Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg

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Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg
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ArtistAmerican, active 1860s
PrinterAmerican, born Scotland, 1821–1882
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg
  • from Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II, Plate 75, published 1866
DateOctober 1864
Place depictedPetersburg, 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 number2023.234.2.25
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.

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