George N. Barnard
Ruins in Columbia, South Carolina

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ruins in Columbia, South Carolina
  • from the series Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign
Date1865
PlaceColumbia, South Carolina, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25.6 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25.6 × 36 cm)
Mount: 16 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (40.8 × 50.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jack Blanton, Jr. in honor of Leslie Blanton at "One Great Night in November, 2005", The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.262
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Working for the Topographical Branch of the Department of Engineers of the Army during the Civil War, George Barnard accompanied General William Tecumseh Sherman during his campaign through the Confederate States. Barnard photographed infrastructure, landscape, and scenes with soldiers, along with the devastation wrought by Sherman’s scorched earth approach—such as the burned-out church in this picture. Generally taken after the violence and action of battle has subsided, Barnard’s pictures often have a quiet, reflective quality. In 1866, following the war, Barnard collected and published the photographs from this body of work as Photographic Views of Sherman’s Campaign.



Provenance[Franekel Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, August 11, 1985; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, recto, below image: Photo. from nature By G.N. Barnard. // RUINS IN COLUMBIA, S.C.
Inscribed in pencil, recto, bottom right: 10

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