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[State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia] by Alexander Gardner — VisualArtsDB

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[State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia]

[State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia]

[State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia]

Alexander Gardner

1865

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 2

Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 2

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[Lewis Payne (Lewis Powell), Lincoln Assassination Conspirator, in Sweater, Seated and Manacled on the USS Saugus, Washington Navy Yard]

[Lewis Payne (Lewis Powell), Lincoln Assassination Conspirator, in Sweater, Seated and Manacled on the USS Saugus, Washington Navy Yard]

Alexander Gardner, 1865

Army Repair Shop

Army Repair Shop

Alexander Gardner, 1864

Mill, Richmond, Virginia

Mill, Richmond, Virginia

Alexander Gardner, 1863

Extreme Line of Confederate Works, Cold Harbor, Virginia

Extreme Line of Confederate Works, Cold Harbor, Virginia

Alexander Gardner, 1865

Headquarters of General Hooker

Headquarters of General Hooker

Alexander Gardner, 1861

[Bearded Man in Tweed Jacket]

[Bearded Man in Tweed Jacket]

Alexander Gardner, 1860

Mrs. Greenhow and Daughter, Imprisoned in the Old Capitol, Washington

Mrs. Greenhow and Daughter, Imprisoned in the Old Capitol, Washington

Alexander Gardner, 1862

A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Alexander Gardner, 1863

Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862

Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862

Alexander Gardner, 1862

The Politics and Poetry of New England

The Politics and Poetry of New England

Alexander Gardner, 1863

Is This Death - Antietam Battlefield, September 1862

Is This Death - Antietam Battlefield, September 1862

Alexander Gardner, 1862