Unfit for Service at the Battle of Gettysburg

Artist Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Date1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (17.15 × 22.54 cm)
Mount: 12 1/4 × 17 5/8 inches (31.12 × 44.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3215

SignedArtist's attribution on mount recto, lower left, in black type: "GARDNER, Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Alex. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Washington."

InscribedTitled on mount recto, bottom, in black type: "INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. / UNFIT FOR SERVICE AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG."

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "K208"

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DescriptionVintage albumen print of overturned horse and cart, on "Incidents of the War" mount.

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