Federal soldiers as they fell at battle of Gettysburg

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

Artist James F. Gibson (American, 1828 - 1905)

Date1863

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 × 5 7/8 inches (7.62 × 14.92 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.234

SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "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."; On mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "From / Gardner's Gallery, Corner of 7th and D Streets, / Washington, D.C. / Negative by Jas. F. Gibson. / E. & H.T. ANTHONY, 501 Broadway, New York, Wholesale Agents.".

InscribedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHIC INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. / No. 234. / FEDERAL SOLDIERS AS THEY FELL, AT THE BATTLE OF GET- / TYSBURG."

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DescriptionImage(s) of deceased men lying on their backs in a misty landscape with a tree in the upper right corner.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – December 30, 2007.

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