The Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1863
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (17.15 × 22.54 cm)
Mount: 12 3/16 × 17 11/16 inches (30.96 × 44.93 cm)
Mount: 12 3/16 × 17 11/16 inches (30.96 × 44.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.292
InscribedOn Gardner "Incidents of the War" mount.
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Developing Greatness: The Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – December 30, 2007, no. 330.
American Solider. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 23 – June 21, 2015, no cat.
The battle of Gettysburg, July 1-4, 1863, was the war's decisive turning point. After a ferocious struggle, the South's last major effort to take the war into northern territory was turned back. A total of 51,000 men were dead, wounded, captured or missing. General Reynolds, who was killed near this spot, had led a wing of the Union's Army of the Potomac.
Alexander Gardner's team of photographers-including Timothy O'Sullivan-began work on the morning of July 6, as burial parties were interring the dead. This stark scene captured some of the horror of the previous days.
Alexander Gardner's team of photographers-including Timothy O'Sullivan-began work on the morning of July 6, as burial parties were interring the dead. This stark scene captured some of the horror of the previous days.
"The Late Gen. Reynolds," Harper's Weekly (July 18, 1863): 453.
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Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1873
2005.27.248
