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[Grand Army Review, Washington, D.C.] by Alexander Gardner

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Dimensions

Image: 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (9.5 × 11.4 cm)

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005

Accession Number

2005.100.1195

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Alexander Gardner · 1840–1882

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...

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