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Jones's 11th Massachusetts Battery, before Petersburg
Jones's 11th Massachusetts Battery, before Petersburg

Jones's 11th Massachusetts Battery, before Petersburg

Artist Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, 1843 - 1885)
Date1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (10.8 x 19.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.474
InscribedInscribed on back of mount: "Before Petersberg [sic], v. similar Vol. I p. 22-23 Miller."
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DescriptionImage of uniformed men loosely gathered behind artillery. A dense row of trees fills the background.Published References
William A. Frassanito, Grant and Lee: The Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983): 252-54.
Davis, Keith F. The Origins of American Photography: from Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885. With contributions by Jane L. Aspinwall. Kansas City, MO: Hall Family Foundation: in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007. Distributed by Yale University Press. Published in conjunction with Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885, shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 179 (repro), 333.
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