Rebel Fortifications in front of Atlanta
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.65.295
Tags
Art Historical Context
### Rebel Fortifications in front of Atlanta Captured around 1864 by George N. Barnard under the auspices of Mathew B. Brady's renowned studio, this stark albumen silver print from a glass negative documents Confederate defenses during the pivotal Atlanta Campaign of the American War. Atlanta, a vital rail hub for the South, was the target of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's relentless advance. Barnard's image reveals the ingenuity of Rebel earthworks and fortifications, a testament to the grueling siege that ended with the city's in September 1864—a turning point that boosted Norther...
About the Artist
George N. Barnard|Mathew B. Brady · 1819–present
George N. Barnard (1819–1902) was a pioneering American photographer whose six-decade career spanned the dawn of the medium, from daguerreotypes to Civil War documentation. Born into a farming family in Coventry, Connecticut, on December 23, 1819, he lost his father at age seven and apprenticed in family businesses before marrying in 1843 and relocating to Oswego, New York. There, he launched one ...