Who created "Pontoon Bridge Across The James"?

Pontoon Bridge Across The James was created by James Gardner in June 1864.

When was "Pontoon Bridge Across The James" created?

This artwork was created June 1864.

Pontoon Bridge Across The James

Q: What medium is "Pontoon Bridge Across The James"?

Pontoon Bridge Across The James is Albumen print, pl. 69 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866).

James Gardner

June 1864

Medium

Albumen print, pl. 69 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: 31.3 × 44.7 cm (12 3/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

Classification

photograph

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

196301

Art Historical Context

Behold the engineering marvel captured in *Pontoon Bridge The James* by James Gardner, an albumen print from June 186. This striking image, plate 69 in Alexander Gardner's seminal *Photographic Sketch Book of the, Volume II* (1866), documents a critical moment in the American Civil War. As Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant maneuvered during the Overland Campaign, they constructed this vast pontoon bridge—over 2,000 feet long—across the James River near Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, to outflank Confederate lines and advance toward Petersburg. Gardner's photograph exemplifies the pioneer...

Pontoon Bridge Across The James

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