View in Arsenal Yard, Washington, D.C.
June 1863
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Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.8 × 34.2 cm) Sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.8 × 34.2 cm) Mount: 13 7/8 in. × 16 3/8 in. (35.3 × 41.6 cm)
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
2019.485
Tags
Art Historical Context
In June 1863, amid the height of the American Civil War photographer Andrew Joseph Russell captured *View in Arsenal Yard,, D.C.* This albumen silver print from a glass negative offers a stark, detailed glimpse into the industrial backbone of the Union effort. The Arsenal Yard, bustling hub in the nation's capital, was vital for producing ammunition and supplies, reflecting the wartime mobilization that sustained the federal government as battles raged nearby, including Gettysburg just weeks later. Russell, a pioneering Civil War photographer, employed the wet-collodion process to create his ...
About the Artist
Andrew Joseph Russell · 1830–1902
Andrew Joseph Russell (1829–1902) was a pioneering American photographer whose work captured the raw drama of the Civil War and the monumental engineering of the transcontinental railroad. Born on March 20, 1829, in Walpole, New Hampshire, to Joseph Russell and Harriet Robinson, he grew up in Nunda, New York, where he developed an early passion for painting, creating portraits, landscapes, and eve...