Gen. Q.A. Gillmore's Head Quarters - Folly Island, S.C.
Unknown
ca. 1863
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
13.8 x 22 cm (5 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.102.10
Tags
American Civil War
About the Artist
Unknown
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