Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Norton. Headquarters of Major General Fitz John Porter, near Antietam, Maryland
September 1862
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17.9 × 23.1 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17.9 × 23.1 cm) Mount: 16 11/16 in. × 22 7/8 in. (42.4 × 58.1 cm) Frame (approx): 20 x 24 in.
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2019
Accession Number
2019.495
Tags
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...