2022.11: City of Atlanta, Georgia, No. 2 Photograph taken from Nature

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2022.11

People

George Norman Barnard, American (Coventry, Connecticut 1819 - 1902 Onondaga, New York)

Title

City of Atlanta, Georgia, No. 2 Photograph taken from Nature

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1864

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/375083

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Albumen silver print

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 25.4 × 36 cm (10 × 14 3/16 in.)
mount: 40.8 × 51.5 cm (16 1/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, below photograph, printed: Photo. from nature By. G. N. Barnard. / CITY OF ATLANTA, GA No. 2.
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 7187 A [encircled]
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Pl 46
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Civil War / Geroge Barnard - City of Atlanta #2 / 20 x 24 cream
• inscription: verso, graphite, upper right: 6" / R439. [encircled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Lee Gallery, Inc., Winchester, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2022

Object Number

2022.11

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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