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Mortar Dictator, in front of Petersburg by Alexander Gardner — VisualArtsDB

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Mortar Dictator, in front of Petersburg

Alexander Gardner

1864

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 7 × 9 1/16" (17.8 × 23 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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