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Gardner, Alexander
American (b. Scotland, 1821-1882)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Studying the Art of War, Fairfax Court-House.
BOOK TITLE: --Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War--, vol. I, 1866.

June, 1863
albumen print
17.9 x 23.0 cm.
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 9039
81:0004:0045

NON-GEH NUMBER: Plate 45

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (letterpress) "Alexander Gardner, Photographer, (copyright citation 1866, by A. Gardner). 511 Seventh Street, Washington. [title] No. 45. June, 1863."

NOTES: Catalogued 7/86, SB. Same image as 81:2858:45. Lt.-Col. Dickinson is in the middle wearing the straw hat. The man to his left is probably Col. Dahlgren. The gentleman in the center, in foreign uniform, squatting, is Count Zeppelin of Prussia. Major Ludlow is to the right of Dahlgren holding a copy of "The Art of War." Standing behind Dahlgren is Lt.-Col. Rosencranz, a Swedish officer.

SUBJECTS:
personage, military / Dahlgren, Ulric, Col.
personage, military / Dickinson, Lt.-Col.
personage, military / Zeppelin, Count
personage, military / Ludlow, Major
personage, military / Rosencranz, Lt.-Col.

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