General View from Signal Tower, Petersburg, Virginia
General View from Signal Tower, Petersburg, Virginia

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General View from Signal Tower, Petersburg, Virginia,

June 15, 1864

Mathew Brady, American, 1823–1896
Alexander Gardner, American, born Scotland, 1821–1882
Published by Taylor & Huntington, active 1887–1890, Hartford, CT
2017-109

Information

Title
General View from Signal Tower, Petersburg, Virginia
Dates

June 15, 1864

Maker
Mathew Brady
Alexander Gardner
Published by Taylor & Huntington
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
22.9 × 27.9 cm (9 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David B. Long in honor of David and Katherine Ludwig
Object Number
2017-109
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Virginia, Petersburg

Inscription
In graphite on verso, upper left: 7631 In graphite on verso, upper center: PETERSBURG / OUTER LINE OF CONFEDERATE FORTIFICATIONS CAPTURED BY 18TH CORPS ON JUNE 15, 1864: GENERAL VIEW FROM SIGNAL TOWER
Marks/Labels/Seals
In graphite, lower right: (See Back) Printed on back of mount, at top: ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS / Taken during the War of 1861–1865, by M. B. Brady and Alex. Gardner, Authorized Government Photographers. / The following named views are mounted on cards uniform with this "mount,", 9 x 11 inches in size, round corners, red border, and with the title of the view either printed / on the face of the "mount" directly under the picture, or checked thus, x, opposite the title on the back of the card. Price 75 cents each. Printed on back of mount, at bottom: (More than Six Thousand Views.) / Send stamp for catalogue of views to TAYLOR & HUNTINGTON, (sole owners of the original photographs,) / No. 2 STATE STREET, HARTFORD, CONN.
Culture
American
Period
antebellum
Type
photographs, albumen prints, cabinet photographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
signal towers, wars, battlefields, landscapes (representations)

Purchased by David B. Long; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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