2018.234: Commissary Department, Alexandria, Slave Pen, Fort Ellsworth, Seminary Hospital, Camps &c., in distance, No. 119

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2018.234

People

Andrew Joseph Russell, American (Nunda, New York 1830 - 1902 Brooklyn, New York)

Title

Commissary Department, Alexandria, Slave Pen, Fort Ellsworth, Seminary Hospital, Camps &c., in distance, No. 119

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1861-1865

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/362540

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

photograph: 20.8 × 32.9 cm (8 3/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
mount: 24.5 × 35.1 cm (9 5/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: printed label attached to mount below photograph: No. 119. - COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, ALEXANDRIA, / Slave Pen, Fort Ellsworth, Seminary Hospital, Camps &c., in distance.
• stamp: verso of mount, center right, black ink: CULVER SERVICE / 660 First Avenue / New York 16 N. Y. / This Picture is [missing text]ed for / one reproduction only. Must not / be used for advertising without / written permission. / Original must be returned.
• label: verso of mount, white label with red stamp: CULVER / SERVICE [encircled in an oval]
• inscription: verso of mount, on label, black ballpoint ink: 5019
• inscription: verso of mount, upper right, graphite: 9 [remainder obscured by hinge]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Lee Gallery, Inc., Winchester], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs

Accession Year

2018

Object Number

2018.234

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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