P1982.309: What do I Want, John Henry?

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1982.309

People

Alexander Gardner, American (Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland 1821 - 1882 Washington, D. C.)

Title

What do I Want, John Henry?

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1862

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Virginia, Warrenton

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/285118

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 17.8 x 23 cm (7 x 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 30.6 x 37.6 cm (12 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, below image on mount, black ink, pre-printed: ALEX. GARDNER, Photographer, Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia [over] WHAT DO I WANT, JOHN HENRY? [over] No. 27. Warrenton, Va., 1862.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., New York, New York, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas Inc., 1977.
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York, purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, N, 1977, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden

Object Number

P1982.309

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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