Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy and Staff on Steps of Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia
May 1864
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
17.2 x 23cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/16in.) Mount: 27.7 x 31.8cm (10 7/8 x 12 1/2in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1986
Accession Number
1986.1166.2
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About the Artist
Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner was born on 17 October 1821 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and came of age in a culture shaped by radical social thought. Influenced by the cooperative ideals of Robert Owen, Gardner initially apprenticed as a jeweler and harbored dreams of founding a utopian community in America. His encounter with photography changed the course of his life. After seeing Mathew Brady's cele...