Who created "Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field"?

Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field was created by James Gardner in September 1863.

What medium is "Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field"?

Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field is Albumen print, pl. 53 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866).

Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field

Q: When was "Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field" created?

This artwork was created September 1863.

James Gardner

September 1863

Medium

Albumen print, pl. 53 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Dimensions

Image/paper: 17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.1 × 44.7 cm (12 1/4 × 17 5/8 in.)

Classification

photograph

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

196299

Art Historical Context

Step into the gritty reality of the American Civil War with *Headquarters Christian Commission in the*, a poignant albumen print captured by Gardner in September 186. Part of Alexander Gardner's landmark *Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II* (published 1866), this (plate 53) documents the mobile base of the United States Christian Commission—a vital nonprofit that supported Union soldiers with food, clothing, Bibles, and spiritual comfort amid the conflict's hardships. Gardner's photograph exemplifies early war photography's power, using the albumen process for its crisp detail and...

Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field

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