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Studying the Art of War by Alexander Gardner — VisualArtsDB

Studying the Art of War

Studying the Art of War

Alexander Gardner

1863

Medium: Albumen print, pl. 45 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.1 × 44.7 cm (12 1/4 × 17 5/8 in.)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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19th centuryphotographyalbumen silver printphotographCollected by Hugh EdwardsGardner's Photographic Sketch Book

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