Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia
August 1862
Medium
Albumen print, pl. 1 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
Dimensions
Image/paper: 17.3 × 22.5 cm (6 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Album page: 31.2 × 44.3 cm (12 5/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
143455
Art Historical Context
Captured in August 1862 by William R. Pywell, *Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia* is a poignant albumen silver print, serving as plate 1 in Alexander Gardner's landmark publication *Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume 1* (1866 This image, measuring 17.3 × 22.5 cm on its album page, hails from the Art Institute of Chicago Photography and Media department. Pywell, a skilled photographer in Gardner's studio, documented key Civil War sites during a time when photography was revolutionizing visual storytelling, shifting from studio portraits to on-the-field reportage. The Mars...