Coal Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 22.9 × 33.4 cm (9 1/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 25.7 × 35.3 cm (10 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45786
About the Artist
Andrew Joseph Russell · 1830–1902
Andrew Joseph Russell (1829–1902) was a pioneering American photographer whose work captured the raw drama of the Civil War and the monumental engineering of the transcontinental railroad. Born on March 20, 1829, in Walpole, New Hampshire, to Joseph Russell and Harriet Robinson, he grew up in Nunda, New York, where he developed an early passion for painting, creating portraits, landscapes, and eve...