[Interior of Confederate Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia]
![[Interior of Confederate Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia] by William Frank Browne|Mathew B. Brady](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/interior-of-confederate-fort-darling-drewrys-283897.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
16.4 x 20.9 cm (6 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.65.480
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the shadowed heart of Confederate Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff along Virginia's James River with this poignant 1865 photograph.ured at the war's close, it reveals the rugged interior of a vital Southern stronghold that repelled Union naval assaults in 1862, safeguarding Richmond from Federal gunboats. The image freezes a moment of gritty resilience amid earthen walls, cannon emplacements, and debris—testaments to the brutal engineering of Civil War fortifications. Renowned photographer Mathew B. Brady, with field operative William Frank Browne, produced this albumen silver print f...
About the Artist
William Frank Browne|Mathew B. Brady (American|American, born Ireland) · |1823 –1867 |1896
American|American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York