[Grand Army Review, Washington, D.C.]
Alexander Gardner
May 1865
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...