George N. Barnard
Former Confederate Fortifications in Front of Atlanta

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Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902)American, 1819–1902

CultureAmerican

Titles

Former Confederate Fortifications in Front of Atlanta
from the published album Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign

Date1864, published 1866

Place depictedAtlanta, Georgia, United States

MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative

DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 15 in. (26.5 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 15 in. (26.5 × 38.1 cm)
Mount: 16 5/16 × 20 in. (41.5 × 50.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 7/8 × 24 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (53.1 × 63.2 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Edward Allen, Randolph F. Allen, Wilson Allen, Risher Randall, David Randall and Gordon Carver in honor of Commander Will Randall at "One Great Night in November, 2004", The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2004.263

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceFraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, on 8/11/1985.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top left in pencil "George Barnard / VDC LTL SFMMA / Box 4"
recto bottom right corner in pencil "GNB.143.Y"
below image in ink "Confederate Fortifications in front of Atlanta / Between Peachtree Street and Chattanooga R.R. / Looking N.W.[in pencil]"

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