Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia
Photograph
Alexander Gardner
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia
Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War
August 1862
Albumen silver print, printed ca. 1866
Image: 6 15/16 × 9 in. (17.7 × 22.9 cm)
Mount: 12 1/2 × 16 13/16 in. (31.8 × 42.7 cm)
Museum accession
1981.0004.0002
Inscriptions Printed below image: Negative by WM. R. PYEWELL. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, 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. \ SLAVE PEN, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. \ No.2 August, 1862.
