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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.22
People
Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American (New York, New York 1840 - 1882 Staten Island, New York)
Postive by Alexander Gardner, American (Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland 1821 - 1882 Washington, D. C.)
Published by Philp & Solomons (active 1860s)
Title
A Harvest of Death
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Catalogue of Photographic Incidents of the War
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
July, 1863
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/320569

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.3 x 22.7 cm (6 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
mount: 31.2 x 39.9 cm (12 5/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: printed mount, recto, below image: Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th St., Washington. [over] Incidents of the War. A Harvest of Death. Gettysburg, July, 1863. Published by Philip & Solomon, Washington.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.22
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Julie Wertz, Arthur McClelland, Debora Mayer, and Penley Knipe, Modeling Chemical Tests and Fiber Identification of Paper Materials Using Principal Component Analysis and Specular Reflection FTIR Data, Heritage, Heritage (https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage5030102, August 1, 2022), 5, 3, Pages 1960-1973, Figure 3, Page 1968

Exhibition History

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