View of the Petersburg Gas Works, plate 81 from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, Volume II
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, American, 1840 - 1882
May 1865; print 1865
Albumen print from a wet collodion negative
Overall: 13 1/8 × 17 15/16 in. (33.4 × 45.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jamie amd Haim Handwerker
PH.2004.79.33
Printer
Alexander Gardner
Publisher
Philip & Solomons Publishers, Washington, D.C.
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, in black ink, lower center, below image: Negative by T.H. O'SULLIVAN. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th St., Washington.; printed, in black ink, lower left: No. 81.; printed, in black ink, lower center: VIEW OF THE PETERSBURG GAS WORKS.
Course History
HIST 7.32, Civil War Photographs, Robert Bonner, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Bringing the War Home: Photographs of the Civil War, Israel Sack Gallery [American Works on Paper wall], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13-October 2012.
Provenance
Jamie and Haim Handwerker, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2004.
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