[Grand Army Review, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington]
Alexander Gardner
May 23 or 24, 1865
![[Grand Army Review, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington] by Alexander Gardner](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/grand-army-review-pennsylvania-avenue-washington-294725.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
8.5 × 10.1 cm (3 3/8 × 4 in.), irregularly trimmed
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.1196
Tags
MenHorsesAmerican Civil War
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...