Telegraph Station, Wilcox's Landing

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823 - 1896)

Dateca. 1864

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 5/16 inches (7.94 × 16.03 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 7 1/16 inches (8.41 × 17.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.235

SignedOn mount verso, lower right, green label, in black type: "Negative by BRADY & Co., Washington."

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY"; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION."; On mount verso, center, green label, in black type: "WAR VIEWS. / Telegraph Station, Wilcox's Landing. / No. 2351 / PUBLISHED BY E. & H.T. ANTHONY & CO. / AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEREOSCOPIC EMPORIUM, 501 BROADWAY NEW YORK."

MarkingsOn mount verso, top, green labels, in pencil: "5"

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DescriptionImage(s) of a tent set up beside a wooden cart, a horse, and standing figures; three figures are seated under the tent next to a telegraph.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, no. C-111.

Published References

Keith F. Davis, 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, 333, 334 (repro.).

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