Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond
Medium
Albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Dimensions
16.3 x 36.9 cm (6 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.65.11, .226
Tags
BuildingsAmerican Civil War
About the Artist
Alexander Gardner|Mathew B. Brady
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...