Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg
Photograph
Alexander Gardner
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882
Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg
Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. II, 1866.
October 1864
Albumen silver print, printed ca. 1865
Image: 7 × 9 1/8 in. (17.8 × 23.1 cm)
Mount: 12 5/8 × 16 7/8 in. (32 × 42.9 cm)
Museum accession
1981.0004.0075
Inscriptions Printed on mount recto, BL: Negative by David Knox.
Printed on mount recto, BC: 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.
Printed on mount recto, BR: Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th St., Washington.
Printed on mount recto, BC: Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg.
Printed on mount recto, BL: No. 75.
Printed on mount recto, BR: October, 1864.
Printed on mount recto, BC: 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.
Printed on mount recto, BR: Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th St., Washington.
Printed on mount recto, BC: Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg.
Printed on mount recto, BL: No. 75.
Printed on mount recto, BR: October, 1864.
