George N. Barnard
Former Confederate Fortifications in Front of Atlanta

Former Confederate Fortifications in Front of Atlanta

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Former Confederate Fortifications in Front of Atlanta
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
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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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